Kennith Stampp, said throughout his paper that slaves were, in some cases, content with their lives because those who were born into slavery had no way of knowing the morality or ethics behind their position due to only knowing slavery from their first breath. ... Also, Stampp gave insight to potential reasoning by supporters of slavery in that they argued due to the kindness the masters showed the slaves, the slaves were cheerful and content with their servitude. ... He demonstrates his uniqueness through his approach of giving a variety of perspectives and by his in-depth analysis and sociol...

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Little did the masters know that while they were sleeping most slaves had secret communities during the night where they would teach themselves to read and write, play games and dance, and pretend as if they were free people. ... However, no matter the number of justifications, the South had their definition morality of the situation that never dimmed as well as their opponents, the abolitionists, and soon, the South's defense of the institution of slavery helped contribute to the South states secession from the union. ...

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The period in American history which we now refer to Reconstruction began in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln first outlined his Reconstruction program, but its inevitable end and lack of success had been predetermined more than two centuries before, with the arrival of the first Europeans and their s...

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