Arguments Against The Abolitionists

Abolitionists

What is slavery? Slavery refers to a condition in which individuals are owned by others, who control where they work at and what they live. Slavery had previously existed throughout history, in many times and most places. Abolitionists were unconditionally against this. Abolitionists arguments included: The abolitionists argued that just because other countries engaged in the trade this did not provide a valid reason for Britain to also get into the slavery problems that the world was already scared of, even if it they were able to take a profit out of this. There were alternatives to the trade. If something is wrong, it is wrong whether others do it or not. The slavery that existed in Africa was very different from the Slave Trade. Those enslaved in Africa were usually prisoners of war or victims of political or judicial punishment. The enslaved people could keep their name and identity and slavery did not extend to future generations. The African people were in no way inferior and should be treated as equals. The trade was not good as well.

In 1830, there were more than 2 million Africa/ American slaves in the U.S. Abolitionists, in U.S. history, especially from 1830 to 1860, supporters of the compulsory

They collected evidence to show that many resisted or preferred death to transportation. Many more died on the voyage to the Caribbean. Conditions on the ships were terrible. This was morally wrong and, as a Christian country, Britain should not be involved. William Wilson, an abolitionist, stated that slavery went against the basic beliefs of Christianity. His main argument was the biblical principle of man being made in God's image. Abolitionists also believed that slavery went against God's Golden Rule, to love your neighbor as yourself. At the heart of the argument that slavery was anti-Christian is the idea that black people were as fully human as white