The practice of slavery goes back to ancient time, but as it developed in
the United States, the slave system was different. It was different in at least two
ways which were the slaves in the United States had no legal rights and the
slaves were racially distinct.
By the 1800, slavery had increased greatly in the United States and was a
main issue. It split the United States into two sides, one against slavery and the
other was for slavery. The South was the slaves states and the North was the
free slaves. Southerners had first defended slavery as a necessary evil. They
began looking at it as a positive good. They declared that it was the economic
mainstay of a whole region. They also argued that it offered protection for
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