Explain the moral or economic arguments that dominated the debates over slavery in the 1850s?, history homework help

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1.Explain the moral or economic arguments that dominated the debates over slavery in the 1850s. (b) Explain at least three issues for each side, those who were for the expansion of slavery and those against the expansion of slavery.

2. Today, we do not have legal slavery. However, people often refer to wage labor as slave labor implying that workers who work for a wage do not have much freedom. (b) How would you argue that wage workers are FREE or are NOT truly free?

3. What did freedom mean for the ex-slaves? (b) Be sure to address economic opportunities, gender roles, religious independence, and family security.

4. In society today, how do YOU define freedom? (b) Explain at least two ideas of what freedom means to you.

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Slavery and Freedom - Outline
Thesis Statement: Slave abolition was a challenging battle that though seemed successful left
behind scars deeply rooted in the society.
I) Reasons for Supporting and Opposing Abolition
II) Wage Labor Slavery.
III) What Freedom Meant to Ex-Slaves.
IV) What is Freedom?


Running head: SLAVERY AND FREEDOM

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Slavery and Freedom

Explain the moral or economic arguments that dominated the debates over slavery in
the 1850s. (b) Explain at least three issues for each side, those who were for the
expansion of slavery and those against the expansion of slavery.
The argument whether slavery should be abolished or not was hottest in the 1850's
with most of the people from the North supporting abolition while those from the South
opposed. The North had industrialized while the South's economy still depended on
agriculture which was highly enabled by slavery. Some Northerners did not support abolition
because...


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