Slavery Supporters Slavery is somewhat of a taboo idea. It was eventually abolished, but before it was, many people had argument after argument about whether it should stay and why. The people who were supporters of slavery had their own different reasons for it, and believe it or not, they were on some levels, realistic and reasonable. Many arguments for slavery to stay involved the economic, political, and moral views of people. Some people thought that the economy would suffer from slavery being abolished. There would be no workers on plantations and the crops and harvestable goods would eventually die out. The land owners of the plantations would be left to fend for themselves, if not shut down their land since it is no longer being effective and aiding the economy. Slaves would be normal people and the economy would have to fit in everyone’s needs in drastic ways with a very low income of goods. …show more content…
Some people believed that freed slaves would become violent and defiant. They would cause chaos in the community, causing disorder and danger. The political system would suffer from the eventual wants of slaves. In time, freed slaves would want to have equal rights and protest and boycott and eventually cause somewhat of a civil war for equality with their own country, causing many political rulers to suffer from having to focus on their country not falling apart, rather than improving. Obviously, religion had to take part in the arguments for slavery. Many people believed that slavery existed since very old biblical times, for example in Egypt, people were used as slaves to build the great pyramid and even the sphynx. People believed that their argument was supported by the bible and would occasionally use bible verses to support their views. They believed it to be natural and allowed in their community, and unreasonable to take it