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Pro-slavery ideology in the United States

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The prevailing view of Southern politicians and intellectuals just before the American Civil War was that slavery was a positive institution, as opposed to seeing it as morally indefensible or a necessary evil. They defended the legal enslavement of people for their labor as a benevolent, paternalistic institution with social and economic benefits, an important bulwark of civilization, and a divine institution similar or superior to the free labor in the North.

Pro-slavery ideology in the United States - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prevailing view in the Southern US prior to the American Civil War See also: Proslavery thought and Treatment of slaves in the United States American statesman John C. Calhoun was one of the most prominent advocates of the "slavery as a positive good" viewpoint. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary Child labour Child soldiers Conscription CSEC Debt bondage India Forced marriage Bride buying Child marriage Wife selling Forced prostitution Human trafficking Child Chin

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