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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 | 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 | ||
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| + | I like how Hammond points out that slaveholders are no more perfect than other men. I think that in this argument he is trying to get his audience to believe that slaveholders are just like every other man in America. I find this to be disgusting and beyond all reason! --- Virginia Stratton | ||
== Frederick Law Olmsted, 1861, Cotton Kingdom == | == Frederick Law Olmsted, 1861, Cotton Kingdom == | ||
