slavery and its sectional issues
DBQ # 6 Slavery and Sectional Attitudes
One effect on the issue was that the economy in the south was fueled by cultivation of staple crops that required slaves for labor. In the South slavery wasn’t thought as an evil as in the North because to the Southerners defense the slaves in their opinion were treaty in contrast to workers in England and peasants that were Irish, also the end of slave trade brought higher value to the slaves causing their owners to be less harsh because they were more valuable. Although slavery fueled the economy in the South it was not the same in the North therefore there was no complete dire need for slavery, and although the slaves probably weren’t treated as bad as the north had thought they still saw it as very dehumanizing as it was. Another reason why there was an issue that the North and South had was that the South was trading with Europe whom were competitors with the North. Uncle Tom’s Cabin and many other contributions were reasons why Northerners also hated slavery whereas in the south these books would be destroyed.
Document A, argues that slaves were not only more reasonable but also more comfortable than the factory works in England or Irish peasants. It tells how people or treated poorly with excess amounts of labor, and horrible working conditions, etc. It states that in the South all their slaves are exempt of that arguing that their slaves are treated well more so than the English and Irish. They believed that were helping the slaves out as if the slaves could not do by themselves. Slaves in this time were also uneducated, so the owners who were more educated felt as if they were doing the slaves favors, because they fed them, clothed them, provided shelter, basically with the mind of them helping them as their own child. The South also treated their slaves better especially after the end of slave trade. The end of slave trade brought more value to the slave so for you to be brutal to your slaves unnecessarily would
One effect on the issue was that the economy in the south was fueled by cultivation of staple crops that required slaves for labor. In the South slavery wasn’t thought as an evil as in the North because to the Southerners defense the slaves in their opinion were treaty in contrast to workers in England and peasants that were Irish, also the end of slave trade brought higher value to the slaves causing their owners to be less harsh because they were more valuable. Although slavery fueled the economy in the South it was not the same in the North therefore there was no complete dire need for slavery, and although the slaves probably weren’t treated as bad as the north had thought they still saw it as very dehumanizing as it was. Another reason why there was an issue that the North and South had was that the South was trading with Europe whom were competitors with the North. Uncle Tom’s Cabin and many other contributions were reasons why Northerners also hated slavery whereas in the south these books would be destroyed.
Document A, argues that slaves were not only more reasonable but also more comfortable than the factory works in England or Irish peasants. It tells how people or treated poorly with excess amounts of labor, and horrible working conditions, etc. It states that in the South all their slaves are exempt of that arguing that their slaves are treated well more so than the English and Irish. They believed that were helping the slaves out as if the slaves could not do by themselves. Slaves in this time were also uneducated, so the owners who were more educated felt as if they were doing the slaves favors, because they fed them, clothed them, provided shelter, basically with the mind of them helping them as their own child. The South also treated their slaves better especially after the end of slave trade. The end of slave trade brought more value to the slave so for you to be brutal to your slaves unnecessarily would