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What were the variety of arguments used by southerners to defend the institution of slavery in the pre-civil War era?
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It was the mainstay of the cotton industry, which accounted for half the exports of the USA.
Many Southern leaders maintained that slavery must either expand or die.
As the debate heated up dangerously through the 1850's, church ministers were pressured into declaring slavery to be a perfect God-given arrangement of man and master.
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What did the raid on harpers ferry convince southerners of?
Slavery should be abolished
What arguments did southerners give in support for slave labor?
That the slaves were much better off in America than they would have been in Africa. As the slavery debate intensified through the 1850's, they put pressure on the church ministers to declare that slavery was a perfect God-given arrangement of master and man.
The Confederate War effort was hurt by southerners fierce devotion to?
State's rights
What was the name for pro slavery southerners?
A radical group of pro-slavery southerners were known as â??Fire-Eatersâ??. They were the politicians urging the southern states to become a separate nation. These individuals did much to weaken the fragility of the Union and made it their goal to create a separate Confederate nation.
In the first half of the nineteenth century how did Southern values and traditions differ from those of the North?
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Southerners believed in the institution of slavery while the Northerners didn't. This eventually caused the Civil War which brought the country together eventually after its conclusion but at great expense.
Which is an example of Southerners' arguments used in defense of slavery?
They argued that slavery contributed to the prosperous economy.
How did southerners defend the institution of slavery?
Sorry I do not know honestly .... Hehehe
Compare the arguments of northerners with southerners who opposed abolitionism?
they opposed the african american slavery
How did southerners shape their pro-slavery arguments and what were the responses of the abolitionists?
Some of the arguments that pro slavery southerners used were that abolitionists only wanted to free enslaved workers so that they could work in northern factories, where they would get paid low wages, would have to pay for food and shelter, and where it was dangerous.
Why in 1860 did white southerners remain committed to the institution of slavery and its expansion?
The plantation needed a source of inexpensive labor.
By the 1840s many northern Americans had come to see slavery as an evil while many southerners defended the institution as a positive good What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?
The North felt that the South was treating blacks unfairly. However, the South felt that slavery was necessary to keep the economy strong.
Why did the states sounth of Pennsylvania cling to the institution of slavery?
The plantation system of the south had been built on slavery, in many Southerners feared that their economy couldn't survive without it.
What was one of the arguments used by southerns slave holders to justify the institution of slavery?
It was critical for Southampton agriculture economy
What was One of the arguments used by southern slave holders to justify the institution of slavery?
One argument used by southern slave holders to justify slavery was the belief that African Americans were inferior and needed to be controlled and guided by whites for their own good. They also argued that slavery was essential for the economic prosperity of the southern states, as it provided a cheap source of labor for plantations.
Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify the institution of slavery by arguing that?
by arguing that some people were created to rule others.
How did the southerners feel about the future of slavery in the US?
The Southerners did not feel good about the future of slavery
How did slavery influenced sectionalism?
Northerners became more opposed to slavery on moral grounds and for financial reasons, and Southerners defended it more and more as an institution, in large part because their economy was almost fully dependent on slavery.
