How was slavery Justified by Americans in deep south at the time?

[SlimTrae]

The question was in regards to slavery in the deep south.
Not globally.

[walrus]

The question was in regards to slavery in the deep south.
Not globally.

Well, I think you have to look at slavery throughout history to understand it. Still, I blame the British.

[SlimTrae]

The question was in regards to slavery in the deep south.
Not globally.

Well, I think you have to look at slavery throughout history to understand it. Still, I blame the British.

Why would you need to look at historical slavery to understand how it was used in the south?

Even if true, that doesn't mean one should have more to say about British, African, or Martian slavery, then about Said topic...slavery in the deep south.


How did southerners justify it?
Did they use socialism to justify it? Atheism? communism? Agnostic? Political? Religion?

And by all means no need to be brief, feel free to elaborate.
Especially anyone on this board who lives in the south.
Teach us.

[Master]

I wrote a paper on this that never got published but in essence the slave trade continued because it was purely economically driven and had no justification for it on racial grounds.

Capitalism at its best until politics and self serving morality took over.

[Beanflicker]

I wrote a paper on this that never got published

A Brit should never speak about American issues!!!

[SlimTrae]

I wrote a paper on this that never got published but in essence the slave trade continued because it was purely economically driven and had no justification for it on racial grounds.

Capitalism at its best until politics and self serving morality took over.

In America an owner could defecate in the mouth of an unruly slave.
Does that sound like something that was economically driven?
In America slaves diet consisted of eatinganimal parts deemed unfit for white consumption, such as the intestines of a pig aka the shit shoot.
Economically driven?

I think it's was Kirkland who was unable to explain that in America the political, the moral christian introduced African Americans into the law books as 3/5 of a human being. The 3/5ths compromise , wow did they have to compromise their values to see my people as a partial human being so they could get equal representation for delegates....and that was economically driven?

More out less rhetorical, nothing to question you for a response, but if need be feel free.
I'm sure your response will be well thought out as opposed to emotionally driven.

[killersheep]

To the original question, they justified it as it was the status quo. Slaves were viewed as a commodity, property.

[Fenster]

Interesting stuff, @SlimTrae

Who do they blame for slavery in American schools (the history lessons)? Is it different depending on what part of America you live?

[El Kabong]

To the original question, they justified it as it was the status quo. Slaves were viewed as a commodity, property.

That plus I'm certain at the time blacks like indians before them were seen as being of lower stock by many. And I'm sure that helped the ability to dehumanize them and commit such heinous acts....yet there were slave owners of different races too and I assume they'd be just as bad.

[walrus]

The question was in regards to slavery in the deep south.
Not globally.

Well, I think you have to look at slavery throughout history to understand it. Still, I blame the British.

Why would you need to look at historical slavery to understand how it was used in the south?

Even if true, that doesn't mean one should have more to say about British, African, or Martian slavery, then about Said topic...slavery in the deep south.


How did southerners justify it?
Did they use socialism to justify it? Atheism? communism? Agnostic? Political? Religion?

And by all means no need to be brief, feel free to elaborate.
Especially anyone on this board who lives in the south.
Teach us.

Because we have a lot of Brits here and I want to give them guilt, taught.

[SlimTrae]

The question was in regards to slavery in the deep south.
Not globally.

Well, I think you have to look at slavery throughout history to understand it. Still, I blame the British.

Why would you need to look at historical slavery to understand how it was used in the south?

Even if true, that doesn't mean one should have more to say about British, African, or Martian slavery, then about Said topic...slavery in the deep south.


How did southerners justify it?
Did they use socialism to justify it? Atheism? communism? Agnostic? Political? Religion?

And by all means no need to be brief, feel free to elaborate.
Especially anyone on this board who lives in the south.
Teach us.

Because we have a lot of Brits here and I want to give them guilt, taught.

We also have allot of Germans, Italians, Jews, Irish but they weren't called British slave owners in the south were they? slave owners were called out by ethnicity?

So Britain alone is responsible for slavery in the south? The banks that financed the south and its cotton trade were owned by The British?

The denial of abolition from 1800s-1860s was because of the British alone?

The use of slavery Biblical passages was the thinking of confederate brits?
The ending of multi racial slave holding-when blacks owned a few slaves was halted, allowing only whites to hold slaves, was British thinking alone?

So southerners couldn't stop British thinking, while the north could?
The bible nor southern morality, nor conservatism, nor capitalism was strong enough to brake Britain ideology?

End game: America never practised slavery, it was those British mofos who ruled the south?