Ofcourse, the South was benevolent to its slaves.
This nonsense was brought up when the South tried to point out the conditons of laborers in the North.
Lincoln noted that it was strange that no laborer went South and voluntered to become a slave.
In fact, slaves have to be hunted down by the Federal authorities to bring them home to their benevolent masters.
Here the 'State Rights'advocates had no qualms about using Federal power against other States to defend their 'properity'
That would be true, Grasshopper, in the cases of slaves who actually ran away. It shouldn't surpass understanding that chasing runaway slaves through hill and dale would apply only to.....runaways. So your incisive insight is something of a tautology, and fails to discuss or elucidate relative levels of discontent among the slave population coherently, since it doesn't address at all the slaves who stayed home.
about the same percentage of slave owners were in the north as in the south. (didn't know that did you? the overall percentage was 5-6%.)
how did the new england slaveTRADERS & ship's masters from new england treat their cargo? (about 1 of 3 slaves, actually landed in the USA, remained alive, as compared to the number captured in Africa!) were they BLAMELESS in your opinion, since they were damnyankees?
what if anything did the so-called "anti-slavery" societies do about freeing northern slaves, including those still in bondage AFTER Richmond fell? (NOTHING is the truthful answer!)
go do some research & come back & we'll talk. otherwise, head over to DU to spread your south-HATING nonsense & drivel. (DU likes FOOLS & LIARS!)
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