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In this article, I gathered that Hammond may believe that slavery is not the same as owning another person. Is this accurate? I was also a bit shocked at how he insisted that God was pro-slavery, but I guess that a great way to vindicate ones behavior or actions would be to fully believe that your religion or God supports it. -Kristina Scrimshaw | In this article, I gathered that Hammond may believe that slavery is not the same as owning another person. Is this accurate? I was also a bit shocked at how he insisted that God was pro-slavery, but I guess that a great way to vindicate ones behavior or actions would be to fully believe that your religion or God supports it. -Kristina Scrimshaw | ||
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| + | I thought it was interesting how the slave holders claim the slaves were "entrusted" to them and each holder is responsible to treat the slave with some care and "proper kindness" but they did not seem to think they were people. There were cruelty standards for slaves and the owners that were not tolerable were frowned upon but the slaves just seemed a means of making money and moving the economy. "It is necessary to our deriving the greatest amount of profit from them, Of this we are all satisfied..." how did this mind set last for so long and for so many people, Slavery was just part of the early American culture and they had no problem with it, and I do not find their reasoning justifiable. Lauren Hicks | ||
== Frederick Law Olmsted, 1861, Cotton Kingdom == | == Frederick Law Olmsted, 1861, Cotton Kingdom == | ||
