WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Defending Slavery
Write a well organized essay on Defending Slavery, a minimum of 700 words, including supporting details from the assigned readings in the textbook/douments/other sources in which you address the following question:
Most southerners defended slavery, even though they were not part of the "Plantation Aristocracy." According to the readings that you have completed, discuss why they supported slavery, why it was easier to end the slave trade than to end slavery itself, and your response to the claims made by its supporters.