How Did Slavery Impact Society
Slavery in the United States and its impact
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”- Abraham Lincoln. These are the words of a man who never had to endure slavery, but championed the fight against it. While President Lincoln wasn’t the first to confront this issue he would be the last on a road that was hard paved for millions in lives, and blood in the United States. It would be almost two hundred years before these words were spoken that lives were to be changed and forward two hundred years later that blood would be spilled to stop this inhumanity, but the question lies what impact did this atrocity play in the United States and what lasting impact has it had on this country of the so called free.
Although Americans …show more content…
By 1830 nearly 2 million slaves are fueling the southern economy, and slave owners aren’t about to give up their free labor. Still slaves ran. If a slave was caught though the punishment would be great. When eventually caught each slave owner then approached the dilemma of discouraging runaway slaves in his own way. There were innumerable torture equipment such as wheels and whips to punish the slave if he or she was …show more content…
The estimate of 500,000 in all may be taken as approximately correct. The same number is given as that of the Southern losses, which of course fell upon a much smaller population. The war expenditure of the Federal government has been estimated at $3,400,000,000; the very large sums devoted to the pensions of widows, disabled men, &c., are not included in this amount (Dodge). In 1879 an estimate made of all Federal war expenses up to that date, including pension charges, interest on loans, &c., showed a total of $6,190,000,000 (Dewey, Financial History of the United
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”- Abraham Lincoln. These are the words of a man who never had to endure slavery, but championed the fight against it. While President Lincoln wasn’t the first to confront this issue he would be the last on a road that was hard paved for millions in lives, and blood in the United States. It would be almost two hundred years before these words were spoken that lives were to be changed and forward two hundred years later that blood would be spilled to stop this inhumanity, but the question lies what impact did this atrocity play in the United States and what lasting impact has it had on this country of the so called free.
Although Americans …show more content…
By 1830 nearly 2 million slaves are fueling the southern economy, and slave owners aren’t about to give up their free labor. Still slaves ran. If a slave was caught though the punishment would be great. When eventually caught each slave owner then approached the dilemma of discouraging runaway slaves in his own way. There were innumerable torture equipment such as wheels and whips to punish the slave if he or she was …show more content…
The estimate of 500,000 in all may be taken as approximately correct. The same number is given as that of the Southern losses, which of course fell upon a much smaller population. The war expenditure of the Federal government has been estimated at $3,400,000,000; the very large sums devoted to the pensions of widows, disabled men, &c., are not included in this amount (Dodge). In 1879 an estimate made of all Federal war expenses up to that date, including pension charges, interest on loans, &c., showed a total of $6,190,000,000 (Dewey, Financial History of the United