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The South used religious, economic, and racial arguments to defend the institution of slavery. Many slaveholders maintained that slavery actually improved the lives of African-Americans, as illustrated by two engravings from the Bible Defense of Slavery that compare African "savages" to civilized slaves. Other supporters of slavery, like Virginia writer George Fitzhugh in Sociology for the South, argued that slaves enjoyed better conditions than recent European immigrants working in the North: "There can never be among slaves a class so degraded as is found about the wharves and suburbs of the cities." | |||
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"The
Negro in His Own Country," an engraving from
Bible Defense of Slavery, by Josiah Priest, 1853 Click image to enlarge. Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society |
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