Racism During The 19th Century

John C Calhoun was a statesman and spokesman for slave-plantations. His perception of reality is that without slavery they won’t have any workers for their farms and food supply, fiber supply, and people wouldn’t make as much money. He had actually fought for the South’s slavery (or ‘peculiar institution). He feared that the Northern states would abolish slavery and he felt he needed to protect their way of life. Without money or workers children could starve and he knows that that isn’t right.

Throughout the 1800s, the United States was divided between those who wished to stop the spread of slavery mainly in the Northern states, and those who demanded to preserve slavery namely the Southern states. One may ponder how a member of society could be a proponent of slavery; however, Calhoun was raised in the South where a person’s value was often measured by the amount of property they owned. It was

DBQ: Slavery During the 1840’s there was much controversy over the matter of slavery. The conflicting beliefs mostly came between the north and south, where the north had come to believe that slavery was wrong and viewed it as an evil while the southerners supported slavery and saw it as a valuable and good thing for the country. John C. Calhoun was one of those people who thought that slavery was a “positive good”. (Document A)

The freedom of America’s slaves has always been accredited to Abraham Lincoln, but he was not always the complete abolitionist as he is commonly portrayed. The “house divided”, as Lincoln depicts it in his famous ‘House Divided’ speech, of the United States during the Civil War, was not always lead towards the freedom of all mankind, and there is sufficient evidence to support this claim. The sixteenth president is most commonly remembered for inducing the courage and determination to end the Civil War, with the Emancipation Proclamation, although when it more closely studied he did not cross the great divide of enslavement vs. freedom with the submittal of that fabled document. When following the many famous quotes and speeches of Lincoln’s life, it appears that he was against all slavery and bondage. At the same time, when more closely examined, the quotes and speeches actually leaned towards his lack of strong opinion on the outcome of slavery. Lincoln is perceived as the most famous revolutionary of American history, but he does not live up to his legacy of being the eradicator of forced servitude.

He also discusses the idea that equality of races would end all progress towards power and wealth as a nation. Calhoun also agrees with Fitzhugh’s ideas that Africans are better off as slaves than as a working class, because they are created to do labor. He also states that because each state has its equal rights, abolition would be against the government. And finally, Calhoun argues that the way things are between master and slave is the best way to co-exist as a two distinctly different races. The thing that makes Calhoun’s arguments so powerful is because of his political status as a vice president and his position in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the House of the Senate.

After resigning from vice presidency, Calhoun focused the rest of his life towards defending the slave plantation system. Going up against the growing antislavery movement in the free states (History), Calhoun had the idea that blacks were mentally, physically and morally below whites. To support the use of slavery, Calhoun argued that the poor living conditions of free blacks in the north proved that blacks are unable to exercise their freedom in a positive way. He also believed the African race would be the exploited class, benefiting not only the master but the servant as well, proving there were still benefits towards africans in slavery

Throughout the history of mankind, slavery has existed in one form or another. Since the times of ancient civilizations to modern era subjugations, there have forces who feel strongly of its necessity and purpose, while others have devoted themselves to seeing the ideas and acts of slavery abolished. America is not an exception to the concept of slavery and during the nation’s early history, parties from both sides have been made famous for their beliefs in the continuation or the denouncement of slavery in the United States. To understand the contrasting views of pro-slavery advocates versus abolitionists in antebellum America, a comparison of the individual positions must be made to further understand the goals of each party.

John C. Calhoun, an influential political leader and a believer of state’s rights, asserted that the termination of slavery should be opposed for the reason that the preservation of the union is a chief goal in any established society. However, he argued that the elimination of slavery would cause chaos in the South for the sole reason of

Calhoun stated, “Never before has the black race of Central Africa, from the dawn of history to the present day,attained a condition so civilized and so improved,”.John C. Calhoun a defender of slavery says this making it as though slavery was good for themselves but also good for the impact on the slaves or African Americans.Second, in Slavery a Positive good William Joseph Harper says that slavery stops the evils of civilization as douglass says it is the evil, as Harper exclaims, “anticipates the benefits of civilization and retards the evils of civilization.” This exhibits that in the pro-slavery argument they think as slavery a good and not an evil while Douglass clearly thinks badly of slavery as he was one of the leading abolitionists.Third and last of all, in the Slavery a Positive Good James Henry Hammond says the laws of slavery is peaceful and dulcet.Like he states, “ abolition was a threat to the peaceful and harmonious implementation of necessary social laws.”This ratifies that as defenders thought that these laws were right for peace Douglass states multiple times how slavery is tearing families apart from each other and their homes and how they are treated worse then

Senator John C. Calhoun sees the positives of slavery, “I believe when two races come together which have different origins, colors, and physical and intellectual characteristics, that slavery is, instead of an evil, a good,—a positive good.” I believe that Senator Calhoun is referring to the diversity of United States, where multiples races get together and share their unique backgrounds. I agree with this statement because diversity is a huge part of United States and without it, I believe the country wouldn’t be as successful as it is today. Dr. Martin Luther King states, “Anyone who lives in the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere in this country.” He has a similar opinion as Senator Calhoun.

The freedom of America’s slaves has always been accredited to Abraham Lincoln, but he was not always the complete abolitionist as he is commonly portrayed. The “house divided”, as Lincoln depicts it in his famous ‘House Divided’ speech, of the United States during the Civil War, was not always lead towards the freedom of all mankind, and there is sufficient evidence to support this claim. The sixteenth president is most commonly remembered for inducing the courage and determination to end the Civil War, with the Emancipation Proclamation, although when it more closely studied he did not cross the great divide of enslavement vs. freedom with the submittal of that fabled document. When following the many famous quotes and speeches of Lincoln’s life, it appears that he was against all slavery and bondage. Although when they are more closely examined, the quotes and speeches actually leaned towards his lack of strong opinion on the outcome of slavery. Lincoln is perceived as the most famous revolutionary of American history, but he does not live up to his legacy of being the eradicator of forced servitude.

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