The+Slavery+Argument

= Slavery Argument Summary =

Our topic was the Slavery Argument. It was fought between the slave and plantation owners and the abolitionists. It divided many states and towns and hurt many friendships and families. The plantation owners fought to keep slavery. They wanted slavery because they wanted hard workers that would work with little to no pay. Abolitionists were those who fought slavery. Abolitionists felt that slaves were treated unfairly and that they should have writes as citizens. They thought that they should be treated as people and not as property belonging to people. The Slavery Argument lasted for many years causing many arguments and confrontations between the two sides. The result of the Argument was that slavery was abolished when the thirteenth amendment was passed in 1865. The thirteenth amendment says that there is no more slavery. Not all slave owners wanted to beat there slaves but some of them did. Some slave owners wanted slaves to work on there plantation, some needed them to work in there houses as servants. Also the slave owners only wanted the slaves because of economic reasons.

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