Luther Martin of Maryland brought up this point at the Convention by saying, "?it is inconsistent with the principles of the revolution and dishonorable to the American character to have such a feature in the Constitution" (Peters 164). Many people viewed slavery as an economic issue, and not a moral issue at all...
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John Rutledge of South Carolina said, "Religion and humanity have nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is whether the Southern states shall or shall not be parties to the Union" (Peters 164). Many people agreed with Rutledge, because the entire southern economy depended on slavery at that time...
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Slavery in Civil War There was widespread resentment in the Federal army concerning it (Williams 240) and a more radical step might have resulted in a dangerous degree of disaffection...	2 / 445
Slavery All through out Europe slaveposts were being setup to sell slaves. The capture of Africans by the Europeans began in the early 1500's. But slavery was done in the Ancient periods also...	2 / 448
Life on a Plantation It was also more difficult to tell if a Filed Slave did something wrong because they were not that closely watched. The job of the Domestic slave was to help around the house...	2 / 496
American Slavery Slaves on large plantations usually worked in gangs, and there were better positions to work then others. Some gangs were separated into groups of lighter work, consisting of men and woman...	4 / 914