Northern Point of View
In the North, slavery was looked down apon because "It is wrong for one human being to own another" (Nixon Barnes). Nixon Barnes talks about evil slavesholders and how he considers it "kidnapping" because these African-American people are being taken from their families and homes and then sold to a life of labor. "Once on the shores of this country, he is displayed on a stage, like a horse and sold. From there he is chained again and taken to a plantation." Also, "when he protests he is beaten... this is his fate until the day he dies" (Nixon Barnes).
Abolitonists formed groups to end slavery. By definition an abolitonist is "a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery" (www.dictionary.com) Nixon Barnes, for example, is an abolitionist and as is Frederick Douglass* (See "slave's point of view" page.)
"Colored" people were thought of as lowly because of the color of their skin. As David Walker wrote, "We, (colored people of these United States of America) are the most wretched, degraded and abject set of beings that have ever lived since the world began."
My analysis: From the Northern point of view is that I believe slavery is most definatly wrong. To live a life of being owned and put to labor is what the innocent slaves went through. If I had lived back in the time of slavery, I would have been an abolitionist, just like Nixon Barnes.
Abolitonists formed groups to end slavery. By definition an abolitonist is "a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery" (www.dictionary.com) Nixon Barnes, for example, is an abolitionist and as is Frederick Douglass* (See "slave's point of view" page.)
"Colored" people were thought of as lowly because of the color of their skin. As David Walker wrote, "We, (colored people of these United States of America) are the most wretched, degraded and abject set of beings that have ever lived since the world began."
My analysis: From the Northern point of view is that I believe slavery is most definatly wrong. To live a life of being owned and put to labor is what the innocent slaves went through. If I had lived back in the time of slavery, I would have been an abolitionist, just like Nixon Barnes.