Pro - slavery arguments

The two lectures given by Professor Blight were not only highly educational but quite interesting as well . Living in the present rather than the past has it's disadvantages, for example not having the ability to see the events that took place that were learning about. One of the interesting things that Professor Blight offered to us was the understanding and thought process of the people that had a main effect on the events that took place. Southern Slave owners were the main focal point of this lecture. Professor Blight really helped the audience to understand what exactly the Southerns thought of the choices they were making. The eight different points used in his lecture were; biblical, historical, natural rights, economic, necessary evil, harder on whites than blacks, and creating a Utopia. By talking through those eight different reasons Professor Blight helped to explain the reasoning behind slavery.

Using religion was a great way for slave owners as well as all Southern states to convince the North and non slave owners that slavery really was a good thing. Stating that slavery was created by god is a very powerful statement to make, however is was used often in the South. By convincing others that slavery was politically and morally correct allowed slave owners to convince themselves that what they were doing was not all bad. Biblical goes hand and hand with the point of historical seeing as both have to do with following in ones footsteps. For most living in that time period whatever their ancestors did was what they were striving for, so if slavery was acceptable back then, then why would it not be in the time period they were living in. In my opinion these were his two best arguments seeing as they are still relatable to people now. Also, they were based upon truth and not opinions that people had.

Another statement that Professor Blight made was the by participating in slavery the South was creating a utopia. A utopia being the perfect life, home, and community is something that I feel does not involve slavery. Southerns living during this time felt that the whites were above blacks, and that by having someone do the dirty work for them aloud the whites do get done everything the needed to. However stating that slavery was harder on the white man than the black man is in my point of view is completely false and not true what so ever. Professor Blight explained that for a slave everything was taken care of; housing, clothing, food, religion, bills, but freedom is clearly something that is far more valuable than anything that the slaves had given to them. Saying that a white man has more worries and far more to stress about than black man is border line a ridiculous statement. Sure all their living expenses were free but waking up every morning to find yourself in hell, working for the sake of your own life, being separated from your family, being put on display and treated like nothing more than a useless item is an awful way to live. It's crazy to think that a person could ever agree with that statement.

Though, yes Professor Blight made some great points, and offered another point of view I still do not agree with slavery. What they were put through, what the saw heard lived is something that never should have been aloud to happen. It's awful to think about all the people that lost there lives working to escape what they were living. Slavery is something that I could never agree with. The two statements that I somewhat agree with were the biblical and historical, seeing as they were based off fact. The two that I did not agree with at all were the creation of a utopia and stating that it was harder on the white man than the black man. Seeing as both those arguments were based on opinion and not true facts.