Defending slavery
Slavery in Maryland by Douglas Fredrick
Fredrick Douglas was an American social reformer, writer, orator, as well as statesman. Fredrick is one of the best and famous celebrated writers in traditional African-American literacy. From his narrative, Douglas’s description started with his birth and childhood, and every version stressed the mutual impact as well as a close relation of the life of Douglas with main events in the American account.
Douglas instigates his tale with his birth in Maryland at a place called Tuckahoe. Douglas was separated from his mother prior to knowing her well (Paul Finkelman 2020, p.2). Masters Intentions to separate children from their parents was to keep them ignorant. While on the colonel Edward Lloyd plantation, He watched brutal suffering of different slaves, both male and female, who were young as well as old. Douglas Fredrick’s treatment in Maryland was similar to that of other slave children (Paul Finkelman 2020, 26). There were no beddings; Narrator could sleep on the clay floor, which was cold, damp with his head in and feet out. Other slaves had the same experience, whether married or single, young or old, male or female, went through the same pain.
At age seven, Douglas was sent to labor for Hugh Auld, who was a ship carpenter in Baltimore in Maryland. Here Sophia Auld began to teach him A, B, C, which Douglas stopped because learning was no longer making Douglas be a slave. He succeeded in knowing how to read and write via different difficulties, such as providing bread to hungry white kids in an interchange of lessons.
When Douglas Fredrick was 15 years old was sent back on the plantation to labor for the brother of Hugh. Douglas was from different work to another. Douglas began to fight for freedom until Mr. Convoy admires his desire. At the end of Douglas’s narratives, he resettled in the New Bedford, having changed identity to Fredrick Augustus Washington Bailey.
Question 10
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a famous American Protester, journalist as well as a social reformer.
Garrison powers came from the bible. He loved reading the bible since his early age and p[rayed without ceasing. This fire made him start his conflagration. Laws against any kind of worship and power of government all tie spirits into conformity with the law of humans, these things developed in Garrison’s minds from the knowledge he received from the bible and made him think slavery is supposed to end (William 1845).
Garrison is well known for anti-slavery newspapers called the Liberator that was printed in 1831 till slavery was abolished in the American constitution. He believed that every movement requires a voice. Garrison was the voice of the abolition of slavery in America. His liberator publication was accessed by several continual, inflexible positions on the moral disgrace, which was slavery established him to be hated and loved by most Americans.
William was a neutral figure in American life. He heartened and changed the nation permanently. He was firm and rigid in his faith. He had faith that the society of anti-slavery is should not support any political party. He endorsed that women are to permit to contribute to Anti-slavery society. Garrison believed that Constitutional the United States was a pro-slavery document.
Circulation of Liberator was moderately inadequate; therefore, there was less subscription for the second year. Through this, Garrison increased reputations for being the supreme radical in the abolition of slavery (William 1845).
Question 7
Primary economic, political and religious justification for the slavery
Both Fredrick Douglas and William Lloyd they apprehended very dissimilar political theologies, even while they looked to work effectively together. Douglas was free to provide his full voice to Christian concerning political vision after moving to Rochester in New York. Moving of Garrison to Rochester permitted Douglas to express his authentic literacy as well as black identities and true faith concerning slavery. Fredrick Douglas was the vital African leader of the 19th century. He developed a dual philosophy after acquiring knowledge to resist slavery. Douglas taxed black with the aim of self-resilience, he called whites to the fairness and just of racial impartiality. Douglas believes that freedom will be won by acquiring work for all people, whether black or white. Progress of the economy, as well as enhancement of social equality, will be attained by sobriety, thrift, hard work as well as education. Free labor and republication was the basis of his ideology and thoughts. He thus believed the legitimacy of violence; self-defense as well as to liberate the slaves (Boston, 1845 p.90).
Question 8
Scientific and Sociological justification
Individuals who defended slavery they rose to defy abolitionist. The protectors of slaves compris of the history, social good, legality, humanitarianism as well as religion.
Douglas argued that the free market, as well as free labor by black, enriched the strong white crushing the weak; he said that the society needed to be slavery from blacks to whites. Slavery is the best form of socialism. They suggested removing free competition so that to protect and support all classes of laboring. Support and protection were meant to link qualified labor and property. According to the Garrison Lloyd, Socialism is slavery; we will argue that socialism will not admit that it owes revival to the failure of liberty to American people. Scientifically, slavery minimized the pressure on the poor as well as the lower classes. In this manner, Garrison and Douglas opposed the racial doctrine in the United States of America and the rest of the world (Boston, 1845 p.140).
Those who defended slavery argued that the stop to slave economy would kill the southern economy, which was developed because of the slave trade. The economy, such as technology from cotton, will ruin. Scientifically, crops such as tobacco will dry in the field since they are taken care of by slaves who work in the plantation field. If at all, slavery will be freed, then there will be a global spread of unemployment, which will lead to chaos such as crime (Paul Finkelman 2020, p.140).
Question 11
Respond of Garrison to the Growing conflict in 1850 as well as the outbreak of civil war
A long time ago, the battle of independence rang across the American colonies. The united individuals stood up to take arms. Garrison wrote a letter to Mexican concerning the conflict between American and Mexican. The message was to remind them to refer to the numbers of liberators to access information regarding the state of slaves.
Garrison said that they are in better faith and spirit, even though the opponents are still intimidating and the current crisis, especially concerning the Mexico war. It is not a great war, and it is has started with real purpose, the extension of slavery, and no anyone doubts about it. In the state where our country is either right or wrong, we gratify national pride, which is shown in patriotic garb and gets a sanction practically, which is almost globally. Garrison speaks in the letter reminding the other party that freedom and national independence is about to arrive (William 1845, p.150).
He requests the Mexican to denounce the war so that to impeach the government as well as misleading administration. He as well feels proud and feels proud that their testimony is not in vain since it is burning like fire upon the national morality.
So that to sunder their link with their motherland. The communication was awkward, with a long series of aggression showing a design to minimize under absolute bondage. The United States published its declaration to be self-evident and independent. Garrison feels sad for the demise of O’Connell and gives him last respect in the message he wrote. He ends his letter that, together with Fredric Douglas, they are doing well supporting one another to end slavery (William 1845, p.170).
During the outbreak of civil war, Garrison became the most articulate and radical opponent of slavery who’s his stand did not change at all. His technique to liberation emphasized on moral suasion, passive resistance as well as non-violence. Other abolitions preferred gradual liberalization than that of Garrison because they wanted instant and full liberalization of slaves.
Reference
Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1845) http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/dougnarrhp.html
Paul Finkelman 2020.https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Defending-Slavery-Proslavery-Thought-in-the-Old-South/p/1319113109
William Lloyd Garrison. Public domain, from the National Archives. NAID 53048 https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-on-the-mexican-american-war/
William Lloyd Garrison. Public domain, from the National Archives. NAID 53048 https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/the-warits-cause-and-cure/