Some are males, some females, some are strong and healthy, and some are weak and timid, while others are prone to wickedness. The weak in mind or body require guidance, support, and protection. Those who protect and guide them become their masters and they must obey and work for them. We didn't make them slaves, nature itself made them slaves, and the government and law only regulate, modify, and mitigate their slavery. Besides equality, in this country, property is not a natural and divine but conventional right. Our slaves are in fact our property. They became property once they were sold and traded to us. They are an investment, made by plantation owners, to make their plantations more suitable and profitable. The Northern abolitionists feel that we should just give up our slaves and let them go free. These slaves are investments made in the plantation and are property. If for some incomprehensible reason the South decided to free their slaves, they would not even be compensated for their loss. The Fifth Amendment, and due process, should be a factor but it is not. The North merely wants us to release our slaves and abolish slavery for free. If owners of factories in the North suddenly give away their products for free, that would be loss to their income and they wouldn't go through with it (Fitzhugh, 476). This is exactly our reason, yet to abolitionists, it is not an acknowledgeable reason. Another written law under the Constitution that supports the plantation owners is the Tenth Amendment. Under this amendment, any not specifically spoken about in the constitution is left for the states to decide. Therefore, since slavery is not mentioned in the Constitution, it is up to the state to decide whether or not they want to abolish slavery.We need to make a stand for what is rightfully ours. The world has long been in favor of slavery and even today they show that it does not make a difference to them since they buy o...
