Interesting. I did say that late era American slavery was the worst of it's kind. Mostly though that was a thought experiment. Certainly I'm glad that slavery is gone, and your absolutely right that no form of slavery could co-exist with the found principles of this country. But I wanted to see if slavery really is indefensible, and the simple answer is no. Slavery isn't advisable, and good countries won't allow it, but it is clearly defensible.
Thanks for the well researched response.
But I wanted to see if slavery really is indefensible, and the simple answer is no. Slavery isn't advisable, and good countries won't allow it, but it is clearly defensible. Do I read your correctly? Are you saying it is defensible? Even the most die-hard slavery advocates of the anti-bellem period didn't attempt a straightforward defense of slavery. They only justified it based on the "inferiority" of Negroes who were "born for servitude" to white men saying it was their "duty" to Christianize and civilize them through slavery. Even considering the dominant racial attitudes of that period, I doubt that very many of the slave advocates really believed that justification in their hearts.