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It was called this because the Founding Fathers saw it as the only way to get farms and plantations off the ground in early America. The institution of indentured servitude was falling apart at the seems, and Native American slavery was our of the question for a number of reasons. African labor was cheap, convenient, and easy to justify. While some founding fathers were against slavery, they were mainly not opposed to it because it made many of them very rich.
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Why did slaves called necessary evil?
Because they were black and people were reassest
Was slavery a necessary evil?
You mean slavery in general, or the enslavement of black persons in America before about 1850? Slavery is not currently considered ethical. Some argue that without the enslavement of black persons, America would not have been able to establish it self as quickly as a self-reliant nation. Slavery is means to an end. Just like paying workers minimum wages, which they can just barely scrape by on, but which also makes a big business man wealthy, is a means to an end. Nothing is really evil, nor is it really necessary if you twist your veiw point enough.
What does Necessary Evil mean in the terms of us history?
Necessary Evil refers to factions, such as interest groups and political parties. The founders of the United States did not like the idea of having political parties (such as Republicans and Democrats, but there was no way around them, so they called them "necessary evils". This is found in federalist 10, written by James Madison.
What was not an argument used by Southern White intellectuals to justify slavery by the 1850's?
Slavery is guaranteed by the Constitution. Slavery existed in all the other major world powers. Slavery was a necessary evil that would die out gradually
By the 1840s many northern Americans had come to see slavery as an evil while many southerners defended the institution as a positive good What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?
The North felt that the South was treating blacks unfairly. However, the South felt that slavery was necessary to keep the economy strong.
How did most slave master's view slavery?
necessary evil
What was the necessary evil?
Before the civil war, slavery was known as a necessary evil. Slave owners knew that slavery was not humane. They needed slaves in order to get mass amounts of goods such as cotton for the industries in the north.
Proslavery southerners often declared slavery to be a in order to maintain white living standards and to avert racial violence?
necessary evil
In the north where slaves were not an important part of the economy slavery was viewed as what?
a necessary evil
People who thought slavery was evil and should be outlawed were called?
Abolitionists.
Why is friction called a evil?
friction is called a necessary evil because we cannot completly avoid it an actually it is used in many cases.
Why did slaves called necessary evil?
Because they were black and people were reassest
Why tv is a necessary evil?
television "a necessary evil
Why did slavery become a necessary evil of colonial economics?
Not all historians would agree that slavery was a "necessary" evil. In colonial America, slavery was a cheaper option was to running plantations than hiring laborers. Slaves weren't usually (if ever) paid for work, they often lived in broken-down buildings, their food was not high-quality.... etc. So I guess the shortest answer to this question would be: slavery was probably the cheapest and easiest way to run a plantation or farm.
Who helped escaped slaves?
People who knew that it was evil and wrong to hold other people in slavery, often called Abolitionists, because they wanted to abolish slavery.
What did Robert E. Lee believe in besides slavery?
Lee called slavery "An unmixed evil", did not believe in it. Duty, and honor to one's self and country were his major beliefs.
What is the duration of Necessary Evil film?
The duration of Necessary Evil - film - is 1.45 hours.
