Slavery  Viewpoint Quotes 
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"A merrier being does not exist on the face of the globe than the Negro slave of the United States. They are happy and contented, and the master is much less cruel than is generally imagined. Why then … should we attempt to disturb his contentment by planting in his mind a vain and indefinite desire for liberty—something which he can't understand?"   — Prof. Thomas R. Dew,  speech to the Virginia legislature, *
What argument is being made in SUPPORT of slavery?
"I thank God I am not property now, but am regarded as a man like yourself…. You may perhaps think hard of us for running away from slavery, but as for myself, I have but one apology to make for it, which is this: I have only to regret that I did not start at any early period."   — Henry Bibb, who escaped from slavery with his family, in a letter to his former master, 1844   *
What argument is being made in OPPOSITION to slavery?
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