Slavery:
Presents varying opinions about the history of slavery in the United States, as well as antislavery movements throughout the years.
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Greenhaven Press
2004
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| Series: | Opposing viewpoints in world history series
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| Summary: | Presents varying opinions about the history of slavery in the United States, as well as antislavery movements throughout the years. |
| Physical Description: | 240 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0737717068 073771705X |
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| adam_text | Contents
Foreword
1
1
Introduction
13
Chapter
1:
Moral Issues Surrounding Slavery
Chapter Preface
21
1.
Slavery Is a Positive Good by John
С
Calhoun
23
The institution of slavery benefits both slaves and slave¬
holders by providing a stable social and economic sys¬
tem. In all societies an upper class benefits from the la¬
bor of the lower, and Southern slaveholders treat their
laborers better than employers in the North or in Europe.
2.
Slavery Is Evil by Theodore Dwight Weld
28
Slavery is a sin and a curse upon humankind. Slavehold¬
ers try to defend themselves with talk of their kind treat¬
ment of slaves, when in fact slaves are overworked, un¬
derfed, and brutally flogged and even branded for
transgressions against their masters.
3.
Slavery Was Oppressive and Dehumanizing
by Robert
Liston
35
Most slaves lives consisted of constant toil, from sunup
until sundown, and they were regularly whipped for not
working hard enough. They lived in squalor their whole
lives, but worse, they were denied the dignity that free
men earn through hard work.
4.
The Harshness of Slave Life Has Been Exaggerated
by William K. Scarborough
45
Slavery was an inhumane institution, but the Southern
culture of which slavery was a part was not without its
merits. Most slaveholders considered it their Christian
duty to care properly for their slaves, and it was not un¬
common for slaves to receive regular holidays, health
care, and in some cases, a limited income.
5.
The U.S. Government Should Pay Reparations to Blacks
for the Harms Caused by Slavery by Ronald Walters
55
Slavery is partly responsible for many of the problems
facing blacks today, including poverty and the break¬
down of family structure. Paying reparations to black
Americans for the crime of slavery would help them
overcome social inequality and symbolize the U.S. gov¬
ernment s acknowledgment of the lasting harms that
slavery caused.
6.
The U.S. Government Should Not Pay Reparations
to Blacks for the Harms Caused by Slavery
by Karl
Zinsmeister
63
Although there is some merit to the argument for slavery
reparations, so much time has passed since the Civil War
that determining exactly who is owed and who should
pay would be impossible. Moreover, the United States
has already made considerable restitution for the sin of
slavery, with the lives that were lost in the Civil War.
Chapter
2:
Slave Resistance and Rebellion
Chapter Preface
73
1.
Resistance to Slavery Is Justified
by Frederick Douglass
et al.
75
Slaves should do everything that they can to escape, us¬
ing violence if necessary. Slaves are as justified in fighting
for their freedom as the American revolutionaries were.
2.
Resistance to Slavery Is Not Justified by Jupiter Hammon
82
The Bible says that slaves should obey their masters and
that murder is wicked. Rather than committing sinful
acts to win freedom in this life, slaves should strive to
achieve the true liberty that awaits them in heaven.
3.
The Underground Railroad Aided Many Runaway
Slaves by Louis Filler
89
The Underground Railroad was a secret network of
thousands of white and black abolitionists who helped
tens of thousands of slaves escape to freedom in the
Northern states.
4.
The Underground Railroad Was Largely a Myth
by Larry
Gara
94
The legend of the Underground Railroad has overshad¬
owed the bravery of the countless slaves who made their
escape with little or no help from abolitionists. Most
runaways did not receive aid until they had made their
way to the North, where abolitionists protected them
from being recaptured under the Fugitive Slave Law.
5.
Black Resistance to American Slavery Was
Widespread by William F. Cheek
104
Resistance to slavery took many forms, from passively
avoiding labor to actively running away, committing in¬
dividual acts of arson or violence, or even organizing re¬
bellions. Slaves did not simply accept their situation but
found numerous ways to fight for freedom against an
unjust system.
6.
Open Rebellion Against American Slavery Was
Relatively Limited by John B. Boles
116
Compared to Latin America and the Caribbean, there
were few armed slave rebellions in the United States.
This relative lack of revolt was due to many factors, in¬
cluding the geography of the Southern states and the fact
that, unlike slaves in Latin America, many slaves in the
American South had wives or families that made them
less willing to risk open insurrection.
Chapter
3:
Abolitionists and Their Opponents
Chapter Preface
128
1.
Emancipation Should Be Gradual by St. George Tucker
131
Because slavery is cruel and because slave insurrections
could lead to widespread violence, the state of Virginia
should begin the process of gradually abolishing the in¬
stitution. All slaves born after a certain date should be
considered free, and freed slaves should be encouraged
—
by denying them the right to vote, bear arms, or own
land
—
to emigrate from Virginia.
2.
Emancipation
Should Be Immediate
by William Lloyd Garrison
142
Slavery is a sin that should be abolished immediately.
Plans for gradual emancipation are impractical and
based on poor logic: If it is determined that slaves de¬
serve freedom, then nothing can possibly justify keeping
them in bondage any longer.
3.
Emancipation Is Impractical by Thomas R. Dew
150
Emancipation would deprive the Southern states of their
labor force, since it is widely known that free blacks are
idle and lazy. Moreover, without the institution of slav¬
ery, disharmony between whites and blacks would soon
lead to violence.
4.
Emancipation Is Practical by
Lydia
Maria Child
157
Chile, Colombia, and Mexico have all adopted emancipa¬
tion, and those countries experienced no bloodshed as a
result. Freed blacks are quite capable of supporting them¬
selves and contributing to society, and it is only ignorance
and prejudice that leads whites to believe otherwise.
5.
William Lloyd Garrison Made a Minor Contribution
to the Abolitionist Movement
by Dwight Lowell Dumond
165
The abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison was a self-
righteous zealot. His extreme views on the sinfulness of
slavery in some cases hindered the work of more main¬
stream abolitionists.
6.
William Lloyd Garrison Made an Important
Contribution to the Abolitionist Movement
by
Russel B. Nye
171
William Lloyd Garrison s fanaticism did put him outside
the mainstream abolitionist movement, but his uncom¬
promising attacks on slavery captured the attention of
the nation. More than any other individual, Garrison led
both Northerners and Southerners to confront the
morality of slavery.
Chapter
4:
Slavery Divides a Nation
Chapter Preface
180
1.
Popular Sovereignly over Slavery Divides the Nation
by Abraham Lincoln
182
The idea that each state should decide for itself whether
to legalize or abolish slavery is tearing the nation apart.
The United States cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free.
2.
Popular Sovereignty Should Decide Slavery
by Stephen A. Douglas
189
Congress has no right to impose either slavery or aboli¬
tion on any state. Instead, the principle of popular sover¬
eignty must prevail and the people of each state must de¬
cide for themselves whether slavery is a good or an evil.
3.
Freeing the Slaves Should Be the Primary War Aim
by Horace Greeley
196
President Lincoln has been too deferential to the slave
states that have not seceded from the Union. The presi¬
dent is wrong to think that the Union can be saved with¬
out the abolition of slavery, since slavery is the funda¬
mental cause of the war between the states.
4.
Preserving the Union Should Be the Primary
War Aim by Abraham Lincoln
201
The federal government s primary aim must be to pre¬
serve the Union, not to save or destroy slavery. Federal
policies on slavery must be enacted with this goal in
mind.
5.
Slavery Would Have Been Abolished Without the
Civil War by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
203
If the Southern states had been allowed to secede peace¬
fully, slavery would still have been doomed: Since an in¬
dependent Confederacy would have shared a long border
with the United States, slaves would have been more
likely to escape or rebel. Thus, the cause of ending slav¬
ery does not justify the bloodshed of the Civil War.
6.
Slavery Would Have Continued Indefinitely Without
the Civil War by Robert William Fogel
209
Peaceful abolition of slavery was impossible at the time
the Civil War began. If the Southern states had been al¬
lowed to secede peacefully, the results would have greatly
hindered the antislavery movement and other human
rights struggles around the world.
For Further Discussion
219
Chronology
221
For Further Research
227
Index
233
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