How did the planters (the largest slaveowners) justify the system of slavery? Why did poor southern whites support the institution of slavery and the power of the planter class?

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The planter class was a socio-economic caste that dominated the agricultural markets of 17th and 18th century. They hired African-slave labor to work on their agricultural fields. They hired cheap and inexpensive slaves to make them work on the fields of tobacco and many other crops. Planters considered themselves to be of the superior race.

The poor southern whites support the institution of slavery because believed that the African-Americans were of a inferior race and the Planters were of the superior race. The southern whites were racist in nature and that made them feel as if slavery was justified.

Who are racists?

  • People who believe that some castes are superior than other race are racists. They are often the people who are prejudiced against certain races.

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One argument of pro-slavery was that black people could not function on their own in the world and needed the institution of slavery to protect them.

More aimed towards Europeans, Southerners argued that slavery was necessary for human progress as the Greeks and Romans used slaves to build their greatest achievements.

How did Southern planters justify the system of slavery?

Defenders of slavery argued that the sudden end to the slave economy would have had a profound and killing economic impact in the South where reliance on slave labor was the foundation of their economy.

The cotton economy would collapse.

The tobacco crop would dry in the fields. Rice would cease being profitable.

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