1. Slavery in the 19th Century

2. Cotton Gin

3. Cotton and Slavery

4. Africans in the US, 1860

5. Nat Turner

6. Biblical Arguments
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)
The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given. (Luke 12:47-48 NLT)
Curse of Ham

7. Other Justifications Historical – Greece, Rome, Founding Fathers
Paternalism
Economic

8. Southern Society 1% “Great Planters,” 20+ slaves
35-45% Small Farmers, 0-5 slaves
25% Landless Whites
35%, Slaves
Economic foundation

9. Abolitionism US outlawed foreign slave trade in 1808
Britain abolished slavery in 1833, France in 1848
Quakers (Manumission Society) and some Enlightened politicians
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1851
American Colonization Society, founded Liberia in 1821
Abolitionism

10. William Lloyd Garrison – Immediate emancipation. 1830s, The Liberator
Frederick Douglass – Former slave. Educated. Anti-slavery orator and writer.
John Brown
Elijah Lovejoy
Women’s Rights
Key Abolitionists

11. Moving Forward From 1820 on, slavery became a key issue in US politics
Sectional lines were drawn between slave-holding states and free-states
The North and South developed different economies and means of production
Even as early as the 1840s the concepts of preserving slavery (a “local” Southern concern) and preserving the Union (a national concern) were being discussed
Moving Forward