Why_Slavery_Is_Beneficial

Why Slavery Is Beneficial During the 19th century, the main topic of conflict was slavery. Slavery was outlawed in the North and an institution in the South. Eventually this conflict escalated to much more than just an argument but to a war, The Civil War. Although Northerner’s attitude towards slavery was valid and eventually prevailed, the Southern supporters had many good arguments to preserve slavery. Slavery was not a necessary evil, but a positive good. John C. Calhoun argued this point and many Southern plantation owners supported it. The main argument these plantation owners professed was that slavery helped out America’s economy, so it can’t be bad. There is no natural law to give anyone their freedom, and an attack on slavery would simply be an attack on the union. Some other individuals like Thomas R. Dew, had a lot more complex arguments. Dew thought that emancipation with out deportation of the slaves was impossible. Deportation was simply too expensive and would only make the nations economy collapse. He thought, why change something that is helping the nation, just so it can destroy it. Also, many Southerners claimed that what they were doing to the slaves was not nearly as bad as what slavery, slaves, owners, southerners, good, plantation, just, issue, although, war, very, states, southern, provided, points, one, northerners, north, main, immigrants, eventually, equal, economy, deportation, created, claimed, bible, because, argument, valid, towards, thought, south, slave, simply