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Uncle Tom's Cabin, By Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Legality of slavery had been a long-lasting argument between the south and the north of America until the end of the American Civil War. Slavery was existed mainly in the south, as the south supported slavery and held more slaves than whites; in the contrary, slavery rarely exist in the north, as some northern states even outlawed slavery holdings. South and the North fought on slavery issues restlessly; for example, the argument of new free or slave states in the United States, or the Caning of Charles Sumner and the bloody Kansas. Furthermore, the issue of slavery was even considered as the reason for the secession of the southern states, which later led to the Civil War. Overall, southern economic leads to South’s favor of slavery while …show more content…

The northern opposition of slavery was mainly due to the terrible treatment of the slaves. Slaves were forbidden from education, they could not read or write. If they violate the rules, such as attempting to run away, they get whip or amputation. Many slaves who attempted to run away from their plantations often had their feet amputated. In 1860, Harriet Beecher Stowe illustrated these treatments of slaves in her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin after her travel to a slave state. Already opposing slavery in the north, Uncle Tom’s Cabin produced many opposition of slavery in the north. In the south, plantation owners supported the institution by explaining that the slave conditions was better off compared to the northern industry workers. Likewise, defending north’s accusation of unfair treatments, Governor George McDuffie of the south described that the industry laborers lived in crowded communities and often cannot feed themselves with the little salary. In conclusion, the south and north based their positions on the slave …show more content…

South’s economic depended on the plantation of cottons, and slavery was very important to the plantation. In planting huge quantity of cotton, slavery was essential because their labor were inexpensive. Indians and white men could not endure the hard working conditions and white men labor were expensive due to wages. Thus, in the Memoir on Slavery, William Harper explained that the result of emancipation would be the ending of cotton plantation, and eventually the southern economy as well. Furthermore, emancipation could ruin the lifestyles of southern whites since southern slave owners depended on slaves for many living tasks such as to raise the children of the slave owners. For instance, in an image from the early nineteenth century, a slave woman was taking care of her young master. In addition, poor white southerners worried that emancipation of millions of slaves in the south would create economic competition against them. There were more slaves than whites in the southern

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