Founding Fathers Slavery

Slavery was seen as a norm back in the day, but George Washing and other founding fathers did not see it this way. George Washington was against slavery and wanted to abolish it by law and to stop importing slaves. Furthermore, George Washington wanted to care for the slaves as normal people; therefore, he came up with the idea of giving to the slaves, after his demise by giving the slaves money and other necessities. Not only did other founding fathers see slavery as morally wrong, but he also believed that the slaves had the opportunity of being intelligent. The only reason why they weren’t is that they were told they weren’t for their entire lives due to America’s belief in slaves being subordinate. Overall, the founding fathers believed that slaves have the capability to be intelligent, but they are held captive and are told they are at the bottom of the human race. Slavery was seen in two different ways between 1790 and 1810: slavery was seen as dehumanizing or seen as ways of profit. The Northern states
gradually enforced the emancipation, ultimately decreasing the population of slavery. On the other hand, the slave population in the Southern states was rising. This was caused by the mentality of the North vs. the South. The South believed that the economy of America would drastically change if slavery was abolished; therefore, they continue the immoral act and increase the populations of slaves to enhance the production of money while the North wants to completely abolish slavery by creating gradual emancipation laws which caused the slave population in the North to decrease and the population of the South to increase. I believe the Founding Fathers were in a sticky situation trying to keep both sides of the spectrum happy.
Despite this, I believe that everyone was afraid to put their words into action as seen in group 4’s document, most of the people wanted slavery to play itself out. This could be caused by fright or even laziness. Either way, I believe the Founding Fathers were too afraid to interfere with the course of slavery because it could cause Americans to hate or love them. Additionally, seeing these laws and being forced to obey them could link everyone to seeing the government as the same as the British government because of the enforced laws could be seen as impractical, especially in the south. This could cause an uproar and ultimately lead into Civil War, which of course happened. No matter the situation, I believe the Founding Fathers should have taken action because if they didn’t handle the situation, slavery would probably still be around
today.