Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
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.