Free labor benefited those who used the free labor. Free labor was not "the original American way of life." Slaves were a minority of the population even in the south. Their descendants and other African immigrants are a minority of the population even today.
"We" did not fight so hard to hang onto it. WE fought a bloody war to stop it.
Free labor benefited those who used the free labor. Free labor was not "the original American way of life." Slaves were a minority of the population even in the south. Their descendants and other African immigrants are a minority of the population even today.
"We" did not fight so hard to hang onto it. WE fought a bloody war to stop it.