Is Slavery Good Or Bad

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Necessary evil? I say selfish people! People are trying to justify slavery by saying that African Americans are better off as being slaves than free. They claim that freed slaves are cheated and deceived and are willing to return to the plantations. This is completely falsified by the great Fredrick Douglas. He escaped slavery at the mere age of 20 and now he is working hard to protect other runaway slaves who wish for better lives. He is the prime example on how freed slaves are happier and how once freed, they want to help other enslaved people be free.
People are just making up lies to justify their horrible acts and mistreatments! If slaves are so happy and rather be enslaved than free, why are they trying to escape to the North? Even though there are acts such as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, slaves are still trying to escape their horrible conditions disregard to the harsh penalization if they happen to get caught. (American Yawp, Antislavery and Abolitionism) …show more content…

Slavery demoralizes people and rids them of any kind of happiness. (Grimke Weld Speech) What kind of person, black or white, would be happy knowing that in any moment, in any mistake, they could lose their job or housing? Whether they are being treated like a king or not, enslaved people cannot forget their status as belongings instead of human beings. Who would be happy being ripped apart from their families? Slaves are mistreated everyday by whipping, beating, imprisonment, and so much more. Enslaved African Americans aren’t treated as human beings. They are being treated like property or objects. There is no freedom for slaves. They aren’t even allowed to leave the place without

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