American Slavery

The dispute on slavery was foremost throughout “the land of opportunity”, “the land of the free” during the nineteenth century. America stated, in its declaration of independence that “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal…” of course, disregarding coloured men or blacks. They were never meant to be equal, they were inferior – not really what you would call men, right?

The United States of America were one of the last countries of the Western world to abolish slavery. This prolonged condition was established from the affects of many factors alive in the United States at the time. Some factors may have included the development of the country, the economic advantages, the political opinions, and the oppression of slaves. These, in affect, are all very equally responsible for the extension of slavery. This in turn created tensions between the North and South of the country, which ultimately led to the country’s only civil war. T...