State V. Man Economics Argue On Slavery

        Slavery, what is slavery, slavery is a condition in which a human being is owned by another human. A slave is considered by law as property and deprived of most of the rights that are held by free people. If slaves are supposed to help the economy and be valuable why are they killed, mistreated, beaten, raped, and overall abused? If slavery is an economically effective system of production that can or should be adaptable to tasks ranging from mining, construction, and factory work why are they not given proper treatment and equipment for these conditions? If slaves are supposed to help the economy and be valuable, why are they not held higher in respect? If slaves are treated in such ways then shouldn’t slavery be seen as another way of human abuse and trafficking? There have been many cases where slaves have been forced to bear children for their masters without consent. There have also been many cases where slaves get poor living conditions and are expected to work the next day with extreme bruises and injuries. 

   Although slavery was highly profitable, it harmed the Southern economy. It slowed the development of industry and cities and contributed to high debts, soil exhaustion, and a lack of technological innovation. The South and other slave-owning states did not develop urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry. Southern cities were small because they failed to develop diversified economies, unlike cities that were in the North. Southern cities rarely became processed or finished for they aren’t as open to different cultures, and southern ports rarely engaged in international trade. Since there were high rates of personal debt, Southern states kept taxation and government spending at much lower levels than the states in the North. As a result, Southerners lagged far behind Northerners in their support for public education. Illiteracy was widespread across the South. In 1850, 20 percent of all southern white adults could not read or write. The majority of the South had slave-based agriculture. Southerners neglected industry and transportation improvements. As a result, manufacturing and transportation lagged far behind in comparison to the North.

    Slaves were not able to learn how to read or write leaving an educational gap in the economy. This meant that slaves were kept unaware of knowledge besides speech. The majority of slaves were also not able to have religious practices without the permission of the master and were overseen by whites. This means that masters have the right to restrict the freedom of religious practice which is under the six of freedom they can also stop the assembly of slaves as well. 

    Slavery should not be tolerated as slavery does not help the reputation of the United States but crushes the reputation of the United States. Slavery shows how white people took advantage of a race they could not understand because of the color of their skin. This would make people from foreign countries want to stay away from the U.S. Slavery as a whole has left an emotional hole in society. 

Links: 

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3558 

https://emergingcivilwar.com/2019/04/26/what-was-so-wrong-with-slavery/#:~:text=Slavery%20was%20very%20cruel%20to,%2C%20their%20sons%2C%20and%20overseers. 

https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5869/ 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/slavery-sociology 

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teaching-resource/historical-context-was-slavery-engine-american-economic-growth#:~:text=Slavery%20was%20an%20economically%20efficient,producing%20enormous%20amounts%20of%20wealth. 

https://www.history.com/news/slavery-profitable-southern-economy#:~:text=The%20upshot%3A%20As%20cotton%20became,shipping%20industries%20also%20saw%20gains.