SLAVERY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES SLAVERY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES

Discussion #4 Earlier readings in this course have addressed the transplanting of a labor system to the Americas that has existed throughout history. Because of its contractual nature which included a fixed time for ending their servitude, it is easy to forget that indentured servants were in fact slaves. Indentured servitude will start to wain in the late seventeenth century, but only the nature of slavery will change; the status of Africans will become one of lifelong servitude. Although the tendency is to equate slavery with the South, the fact is that until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, slaves could be found in the United States out. In order to prepare for this discussion forum: Review and identify the relevant sections of Chapters 3 and 5 that address this topic, and support your discussion. After you have completed your reading, post your answers to only ONE of the following questions. Explain why African slavery took root in the North American colonies. Altho

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1SLAVERY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES
It is true that the system of slavery had existed both in the Southern and the Northern
states of the New World which is referred to as the United States of America, however the
prevalence of the system of slavery had been more acute and deep rooted in the southern states
of the United States of America than in the northern states. There are several reasons for it and
they shall be discussed in this particular answer.
The northern states were also dependent on pastoral economy like the southern states, but
the dependence of the southern states on agriculture was much more than what prevailed in the
former. The southern economy was largely based on agriculture with very little or no economic
diversification in form of industrialization that had been witnessed in the northern states. The
northern states had gradually moved to industrial production from agricultural economy while
the southern states were conservative and they preferred to maintain the agricultural economy.
Naturally, the northern states had witnessed more economic growth and development and the
emancipatory ideal of doing away with slavery had prevailed there while in the southern states
the willingness to do away with slavery met with reluctance as that would have jeopardized the
prospect of maintaining the superiority of the white lords and thee inferiority of the blacks who
were mainly involved in the indulgence of menial jobs in the farms to sustain the economy. Thus
disturbing the black slave and white master would have disrupted the agriculture which was the
backbone of the southern economy.