American History Essay Assignment | American History Essay
Write a well-organized essay, a minimum of 700 words (but not limited to), including supporting details from the documents/textbook/other sources, in which you analyze and discuss the material that has been assigned by addressing the following question:
Most southerners defended slavery, even though they were not part of the “Plantation Aristocracy.” According to the readings that you have completed, discuss why they supported slavery, and your response to the claims made by its supporters, and explain why it was easier to end the slave trade than to end slavery itself.
Read this excerpt from a statement made in 1837 by John Calhoun in which he outlines his views on slavery: http://highered.mheducation.com/olc/dl/40804/chap13elem1.htm
Read the linked essay: AMERICA IN THE WORLD: The Abolition of Slavery: http://highered.mheducation.com/novella/BbUpdateableLinkReader.jsp?contentid=1676441&isbn=0073513237&passcode=dklfjsdlkf2394ldkjf92384dslk
Read the linked article on BBC-British Anti-slavery: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/antislavery_01.shtml