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Why did America allow slavery?
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<blockquote data-quote="coffee4u" data-source="post: 77179670" data-attributes="member: 415399"><p>Because it was a different world. Slavery was viewed as normal. Most would have been for it, some would have not cared either way and others would have been against it. It doesn't just take numbers, it requires people in certain positions of power to bring about change, for good or for ill. Regular people often have little say in the day to day running of their country. In the 1800's I am sure people had others things on their minds. </p><p></p><p>Nowadays you can get many people riled up quickly by TV or the internet and people have the luxury and privilege to be able to get in their car and drive to a protest or sign an online petition or donate to Go Fund me or call the media and create a big stink and make whatever it is go viral. What do you think a housewife or average Joe in 1810 could do? Her thoughts were most likely to be on cooking and cleaning and tending to her children and his on his long day at the factory. Most didn't have the time or luxury to sit around brooding over slavery or any other injustice that didn't affect themselves. An article in the newspaper might create some talk for a few days and that would probably be it. Even if they wanted to do something and wrote a letter and sent that off by pony express, what impact do you think that would have had? </p><p></p><p>Brittan was the power behind stopping slavery. Africa had no wish to stop it. Slavery in Iran was abolished in 1929. In the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Yemen abolished it in 1962, while Oman followed in 1970. Mauritania became the last state to abolish slavery, in 1981. In 1990 the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam declared that "no one has the right to enslave" another human being. The fact that the US abolished slavery in 1865, shows they were early in outlawing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coffee4u, post: 77179670, member: 415399"] Because it was a different world. Slavery was viewed as normal. Most would have been for it, some would have not cared either way and others would have been against it. It doesn't just take numbers, it requires people in certain positions of power to bring about change, for good or for ill. Regular people often have little say in the day to day running of their country. In the 1800's I am sure people had others things on their minds. Nowadays you can get many people riled up quickly by TV or the internet and people have the luxury and privilege to be able to get in their car and drive to a protest or sign an online petition or donate to Go Fund me or call the media and create a big stink and make whatever it is go viral. What do you think a housewife or average Joe in 1810 could do? Her thoughts were most likely to be on cooking and cleaning and tending to her children and his on his long day at the factory. Most didn't have the time or luxury to sit around brooding over slavery or any other injustice that didn't affect themselves. An article in the newspaper might create some talk for a few days and that would probably be it. Even if they wanted to do something and wrote a letter and sent that off by pony express, what impact do you think that would have had? Brittan was the power behind stopping slavery. Africa had no wish to stop it. Slavery in Iran was abolished in 1929. In the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Yemen abolished it in 1962, while Oman followed in 1970. Mauritania became the last state to abolish slavery, in 1981. In 1990 the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam declared that "no one has the right to enslave" another human being. The fact that the US abolished slavery in 1865, shows they were early in outlawing it. [/QUOTE]
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