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Slavery as a positive good in the United States was the prevailing view of Southern politicians and intellectuals just before the American Civil War, as opposed to seeing it as a crime against humanity or a necessary evil. They defended the legal enslavement of people for their labor as a benevolent, paternalistic institution with social and ...
Davis detailed his belief in the hypocrisy of Northern states with regard to slavery considering that most Northern states had once allowed slavery and that all derived income from trade goods produced by slaves, and the unfairness that he saw in the numerous acts and policies that benefited Northern industrialists to the detriment of Southern ...
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War .
In writing the declaration, Jefferson believed the phrase "all men are created equal" to be self-evident, and would ultimately resolve slavery. [ citation needed ] In 1776, abolitionist Thomas Day wrote: "If there be an object truly ridiculous in nature, it is an American patriot, signing resolutions of independency with the one hand, and with ...
Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart is a 1999 non-fiction book by Felicity Allen, published by the University of Missouri Press, about Jefferson Davis. The author argued that many existing works were overly critical and did not show positive aspects of Davis. [ 1 ]
One reaction to criticism about new Florida standards: Nobody is saying slavery was good. Maybe not. But in the past, that's exactly what was said.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis also switched from saying the war was caused by slavery to saying that states' rights was the cause. As below re: Stephens, the source cited to support this does not contain any comparitive analysis demonstrating this "switch" in rationale.
These timeless words from a Founding Father are suitable for today’s generation.