In the United States, Slavery started as early as the 1600's, but the slave business expanded more and more, especially in the South where large plantations grew cotton and other crops. In order to make large quantities of money, plantations needed many workers to take care of the farms, slavery provided just that! Their tasks were to plant and pick cotton, usually from sunrise to sunset. Many of the Slaves developed physical deformities from hard work in the fields. The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 revolutionized the souther industry and the slavery system started to dominate the entire south. Many slaves worked at the master's house as servants, doing laundry or cooking, many became specialized in other jobs due to the gang system, where slaves were separated into different work groups to do a task over and over again. Of course, not all people thought slavery was acceptable, many of these people usually lived up north where the slavery system was not needed. Industrialization provided the north with a more civilize life. A factory system and labor for a set wage replaced the need for slavery. The obvious differences between the way of life of the north and the south created opposing views and interests that eventually played a mayor factor in the foundation of the confederacy in 1861, when the south secedes and the civil war begins. The rise of abolitionist movements during the 1830's forced whites from the south to promote their views on slavery, this is what we call “the positive good theory”, the positive good theory says:
Whites are superior to blacks.
Blacks are simple and childlike and can't take care of themselves.
Slavery is positive and good because slave owners take care of the slaves.
Slaves are treated better than northern white workers.
This positive view of slavery was dominant in the south and slowly became