The Classical Case for Chains slavery_law_events.1
…, the leader of the …, has delivered a well-received speech regarding the classical basis of … and its historical legitimacy.
"From the very birth of civilization, man has enslaved man. This has thus always been the natural order of things, and I see no reason why we should abandon nature just yet."
Slavery, Hypothetically slavery_law_events.2
…, leader of the …, has voiced … interest in arguing for slavery in a public debate. The theoretical debate may not go so well as … hopes, however.
"Debate me! Let's say, hypothetically, that I was to argue for slavery and, for the sake of argument, you could oppose me, although you would be wrong to do so. Debate me!"
Imported Slave Narratives slavery_law_events.3
A surge of books written by former slaves abroad have recently been published in …, detailing the horrific conditions they faced. This has shaken public confidence in the efforts to implement … here.
"It has been suggested that an account of my life and misfortunes in chains would not be uninteresting to the public. Since gaining my liberty, I have not failed to perceive the increasing interest in regard to the subject of Slavery..."
Life Among the Lowly slavery_law_events.4
…, leader of the …, has written a sensational story about life on a slave plantation.
"Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen, with chairs close together, seemed to be discussing some subject with great earnestness. For convenience sake, we have said two gentlemen. One of the parties, however, once he began to speak of his plantation, did not appear to truly merit being called a 'gentleman'."
The Great Debates slavery_law_events.5
… has proposed staging a series of debates arguing the merits of abolition. If … debates go off well, … and the cause of Abolition will prosper.
"It is the eternal struggle between these two principles—right and wrong—throughout the world. This slavery is the same wrong tyrannical principle, no matter in what shape it comes."
Plantation Proponents Publicize Policies slavery_law_events.6
Defenders of continued slavery have published a wave of diatribes, treatises, and sensationalized fictional narratives all to support their cause. The quantity, if not the quality, of these works has shaken public confidence in abolitionism.
"It is my duty, and it is indispensable to the public interest, that I should remove prejudices against our nation's peculiar institutions as soon as possible. To do away with an institution which has existed throughout all ages—why! The presumption of such an effort can be equaled by nothing but its folly."
A Peculiar Reconciliation slavery_law_events.7
With years having passed since the passage of …, pro-slavery ideals among the … have faded significantly.
In the echoing manor halls of the …' domain, the words which had once lambasted the government for their tyranny in taking their slaves had begun to shift. Now, instead of open condemnations and calls for the restoration of the institution, there were suggestions for alternatives - sharecropping, the use of prisoners, a dozen different means of disenfranchisement to restore what they saw as the natural order. But none dared to raise the idea of openly flaunting the decree - not now, at least, when the government seemed vigilant, and the formerly enslaved were still wary. For now, at least, they would simply work with what they had.
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