Why Slavery Wasn T Abolished In Time
Equal Rights: Why Slavery Wasn’t Abolished In Time
Do you ever wonder why the constitution included the statement “all men are created equal” yet slavery continued for 78 years? Keeping the peace, the Founding Fathers decided to focus more on building a strong, new nation so they ignored the slavery problem. To keep that strong national government, they had to accept the disagreements some of the states had. Even if some disagreed with slavery, they had to accept the fact that they were profiting from their hard work. The Constitution allowed slavery to continue even if “all men are created equal” because they profited from the slave;s work, accepted the disagreements to build a strong government, and people saw that building a nation is more …show more content…
They saw that they profited too much from the slaves so they decided to keep it running even though they still believed that all men were created equal. According to source 1, Mr. John Rutledge disagreed with the states who supported slavery but he also stated, “...they will not oppose the increase of slaves because they will profit by selling the goods that the slaves produce.”Rutledge was referring to the states as “they”. The delegates kept quiet about slavery because of how much they were profiting from them. If they were to stop slavery earlier, they would have lost so many trading partners because no one else would produce as fast as the slaves did.
Benjamin Franklin was an influential man who was against slavery but he had to accept the other delegates’ opinions so he could help build a strong, central nation. According to source 2, Benjamin Franklin is stating how bringing together a large group of people will result in disagreements, it states, “When you assemble a large group of men, you will inevitably, find that they will disagree with each other about their local interests, and their selfish views, such as slavery.” He says that having an opinion that slavery is acceptable is selfish but one has to accept their disagreement to build a solid
Do you ever wonder why the constitution included the statement “all men are created equal” yet slavery continued for 78 years? Keeping the peace, the Founding Fathers decided to focus more on building a strong, new nation so they ignored the slavery problem. To keep that strong national government, they had to accept the disagreements some of the states had. Even if some disagreed with slavery, they had to accept the fact that they were profiting from their hard work. The Constitution allowed slavery to continue even if “all men are created equal” because they profited from the slave;s work, accepted the disagreements to build a strong government, and people saw that building a nation is more …show more content…
They saw that they profited too much from the slaves so they decided to keep it running even though they still believed that all men were created equal. According to source 1, Mr. John Rutledge disagreed with the states who supported slavery but he also stated, “...they will not oppose the increase of slaves because they will profit by selling the goods that the slaves produce.”Rutledge was referring to the states as “they”. The delegates kept quiet about slavery because of how much they were profiting from them. If they were to stop slavery earlier, they would have lost so many trading partners because no one else would produce as fast as the slaves did.
Benjamin Franklin was an influential man who was against slavery but he had to accept the other delegates’ opinions so he could help build a strong, central nation. According to source 2, Benjamin Franklin is stating how bringing together a large group of people will result in disagreements, it states, “When you assemble a large group of men, you will inevitably, find that they will disagree with each other about their local interests, and their selfish views, such as slavery.” He says that having an opinion that slavery is acceptable is selfish but one has to accept their disagreement to build a solid