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negative effects of, continue now, slavery is not essential to, 28
57–59, 59 harms development of trade and
racism has roots in, 57–59 manufacturing, 35
should be abolished, 42 is costly, 35–36, 36
families are broken up, 46–47 keeps occupations from non-
is physically brutal, 24–27, 25, slaveholders, 38–40
43–46, 45 majority of Southerners are not
to prevent war between North and slaveholders, 37–38
South, 47–48 slaveholders enrich selves at
should not be abolished, 42 expense of non-slaveholders,
civilization would be destroyed, 38
50, 51–53, 52 value of all property, 41
property rights are protected in workers lack motivation and are
Constitution, 49–51 inefficient, 35, 36–37
would be bad for blacks, 53–54 Spanish plantations, 10
would end white equality, 49 St. Domingue, 10–11
would result in war between North
and South, 48 torture devices, 26
would threaten civilization, 50 Townsend, John, 51, 52
slaves trans-Saharan slave network, 8–9
number in South, 52 Tucker, David, 63
number transported, 8, 9
as percentage of population of United Nations Working Group of
South, 32 Experts on People of African
as tradespersons and artisans, Descent, 56
32–34 United States
use of “outsiders” as, 9, 10 abolition of trade, 14
would suffer if freed, 53–54 economic success is partially due to
Social Science Quarterly (journal), 67 slavery, 60
South Carolina, slaves as percentage Fifth Amendment (US Constitution),
of population, 32 50
Southern economy reparations paid to Japanese
compared to economy of North, Americans, 62
40–41
slavery is essential to, 28 Van Evrie, John H., 49
cotton production requires slaves,
29, 30–32, 31 Whitney, Eli, 31
interrelationship of all sectors of Wilberforce, William, 24, 43
economy, 34, 51 Williams, Chancellor, 64
sugar production requires slaves, 29 Williamson, George, 29
as tradespersons and artisans, World Conference Against Racism,
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