The Institution of Slavery
Emancipation societies wanted to do away with slavery because of their interest in slaves as:
Human beings
The American Colonization Society planned to send freed slaves to:
Liberia
No one but the _______ objected morally to slavery until the early 1800s.
Quakers
After which war did slavery decline because ideas toward individual freedom were changing, and people were starting to respect human rights?
Revolutionary War
Why was slavery a paradox?
Slavery was a paradox, because the slaves were human beings, but the law viewed them as nothing more than property
Which group proved to be more profitable because they were permanent possessions of their master?
Slaves
Before the 1830s, more emancipation societies existed in the:
South
Southerners defended slavery by stating that slaves were necessary for economic survival.
True
setting free from slavery
emancipation
bound by a contract to serve or work for a period of time
indentured
a rising against established authority
insurrection