Defending Slavery

Defendin" rel="nofollow">ing Slavery Defendin" rel="nofollow">ing Slavery Before the emergence of cotton as a primary crop in" rel="nofollow">in the south, the in" rel="nofollow">invention of the cotton gin" rel="nofollow">in, and territorial expansion southward and westward, slavery appeared to be on the declin" rel="nofollow">ine. These factors, coupled with a risin" rel="nofollow">ing demand for cotton by the British textile in" rel="nofollow">industry, revived the South's agricultural economy. Although cotton could be grown with or without slavery, the expansion of cotton cultivation and slavery occurred together. When slavery was challenged on moral grounds, southerners chose to defend their ?peculiar in" rel="nofollow">institution,? as in" rel="nofollow">in the words of John C. Calhoun ?a positive good.? INSTRUCTIONS: This writin" rel="nofollow">ing assignment will require you to analyze and discuss primary and secondary sources that relate to the in" rel="nofollow">institution of slavery in" rel="nofollow">in the United States. Review the relevant content Chapter 13 of the textbook. Read this excerpt from a statement made in" rel="nofollow">in 1837 by John Calhoun in" rel="nofollow">in which he outlin" rel="nofollow">ines his views on slavery. Note his comparison of the lot of slaves with that of European (and northern) workers. Read the lin" rel="nofollow">inked essay: AMERICA IN THE WORLD: The Abolition of Slavery, Read the lin" rel="nofollow">inked article on BBC-British Anti-slavery PREPARE AND SUBMIT: Write a well organized essay, a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of 700 words (but not limited to), in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing supportin" rel="nofollow">ing details from the documents/textbook/other sources, in" rel="nofollow">in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the followin" rel="nofollow">ing question: Most southerners defended slavery, even though they were not part of the ?Plantation Aristocracy.? Accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to the readin" rel="nofollow">ings that you have completed, discuss why they supported slavery, and your response to the claims made by its supporters, and explain" rel="nofollow">in why it was easier to end the slave trade than to end slavery itself. http://highered.mheducation.com/olc/dl/40804/chap13elem1.htm http://highered.mheducation.com/novella/BbUpdateableLin" rel="nofollow">inkReader.jsp?contentid=1676441&isbn=0073513237&passcode=dklfjsdlkf2394ldkjf92384dslk http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/antislavery_01.shtml