Slavery as a positive good in the United States
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Slavery as a positive good in the United States
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Slavery as a positive good in the United States was the prevailing view of Southern politicians and intellectuals just before the American Civil War, as opposed to seeing it as a crime against humanity or a necessary evil. They defended the legal enslavement of people for their labor as a benevolent, paternalistic institution with social and economic benefits, an important bulwark of civilization, and a divine institution similar or superior to the free labor in the North. This stance arose in r
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Prevailing view in the Southern US prior to the American Civil War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_as_a_positive_good_in_the_United_States
date created:
2019-11-30T20:34:40Z
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2024-09-02T02:22:23Z
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