Slavery was an Integral part of the Agricultural System

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Question 13
ESSAY QUESTION:  By the 1840s many northern Americans had come to see slavery as an evil, while many southerners defended the institution as a positive good. What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?
the DBQ (ONLY ANSWER ONE) SLAVERY
In the South, slavery was an integral part of the Agricultural system. There was the recognition that ending slavery would hurt the region’s economy. The south was heavily reliant on cotton farming, unlike other regions. Slavery was essential to continue cotton farming a staple of the south and cotton could not be cultivated in other regions (William Harper, Memoir on Slavery, 1837). Some critics of the north highlighted that northerners were intent on imposing a system that would disadvantage southerners if slavery was abolished. The south focused on agriculture, while the north was more on commerce and industry.
Supporters of slavery also argued that the slaves were well treated compared to how the English treated their factory workers and Irish peasants (Governor George McDuffie to the South Carolina legislature, 1835). T...