Why Was Pro Slavery Wrong

From the 1830s to 1850s there was a battle to expand slavery all the way to the south and west. The question of slavery grew forming pro-slavery and anti-slavery movements in the American states. Americans who were pro-slavery formed an ideology of which may seek benefits for both slaves and masters. On the other belief system anti-slavery Americans stood where they desired to prove that slaves were held in a violent system and seemed to be unable to escape the system. When we examine slavery, it is beneficial to see the people’s viewpoint from each side because it gives a complete outlook, not just one side.
There were multiple reasons why people argued for pro-slavery. This era clearly shows why some white people strongly believed in white
Slave's involuntary duty was primarily to maintain the production of goods like cotton, tobacco and sugar slaves were found to be one center of the United States economy. Slaves suffered through the unimaginable tragic stories and were always faced with uncertainty like what could happen next to either them or their families. They faced brutal working conditions like Solomon Northup who was once a free black man but was suddenly kidnapped and sold into slavery. He explains, "...if he has not performed the full task appointed him, he knows that he must suffer...after weighing [the cotton], follow the whippings..." (344). Slaves dealt with violence and sexual abuse from their masters like fifteen-year-old, Harriet Jacobs. She describes her devastating experience by admitting, "...I now entered my fifteen year-a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear... Sometimes he had stormy terrific ways, that made his victims tremble..." (343). Sometimes leading slaves to be severely ill and unable to work or no longer able to take another day with their masters and decided to risk their lives and run away or hide. Knowing that either choice could result in beatings or worse death. Most all slave's viewpoint of slavery gave the outlook of what kinds of things they face regularly like terror and having little to no