Why Is Slavery A Necessary Evil

Slavery as a Necessary Evil It is inevitable that with the mention of slavery emotions will be aroused within whoever is present. Today most people look at slavery as one of the biggest mistakes our country has ever made. However, some will say they can see positives within the topic. It is the obvious nature and cycle of life that everything is not perfect and mistakes must be made to learn valuable lessons. Appalled by any notion of slavery as being necessary, most people do not see the evidence showing why it was necessary for our country and its growth. Without slavery the crops and agriculture of the United States would have been nowhere near as successful as it was and is today. Slavery empowered thousands of people 's lifestyles; styles …show more content…
Many issues lead astray, many ideas turned bad, but no matter what, it is a pattern that making mistakes is necessary for moving ahead and growing. Without doing something wrong, how would we know right? Slavery can be viewed in the same way. It is much more difficult to see through the eyes of slavery as a positive, but without it, many ideas, successful industries, rights, and morals would not be thought of. It is simply the nature of life; we must recognize that there will always be hardships before good times. There will be things we realize later were not the smartest choice, but we learned, and that is what is important in continuing …show more content…
Without slaves mass production would not have been a possible idea, therefore our economy would not thrive as well as it has. Paying for time and energy in food production must be worth the profit being received, if the Southerners in the 1800 's had to pay top price, it would not have been worth their money. Slavery had an extreme influence on the economic system, helping build it to what it is now, known as the most successful in the world. (Sectionalism 420) Thus, the beginning of slavery was obvious, seen as reasonable, better, quicker, and less expensive, although inhuman, it was the way to go. However once it began, it would be much more difficult to stop. It was now people 's way of life, and to them, nothing was being done wrong. Many moral issues stemmed here, why is it all right to tell some people they cannot live how they wish? Who decides what is right and wrong? These questions brought about the Civil War. Although the war was bloody and very tragic, it is a possibility peoples rights and moral issues would not have been brought up, therefore would be unresolved. If all the slaves were all of the sudden set free, what would happen to our world? These people who had not been educated, did not know the ways of life in our country, it was be chaos. The slave owners, who produce and thrive, would have no one to work for them,