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Slaveholders argued the inferiority of the black slave and claimed that the system that enslaved him was the best possible one. It provided food, shelter, etc. In contrast, the free laborer of the North didn't always have the basics for survival. Thus, the slave system was superior to the free labor system in the North.

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What books did pro-slavery Southern whites use to defend slavery?

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