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This 8 page paper examines the North/South dichotomy regarding slavery. The thesis is that the difference is overstated. Much attention goes to Virginia to prove the point.
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the prosperity brought by the institution. Although that is the case, there are anomalies because there are states like Virginia that were hardly North or Southern sympathizers. There were states
on the fringes and even within Northern and Southern states there was some agreement. This is important in exploring slavery because there is a notion of this great divide that
is more myth than fact. This paper will use a compare and contrast format, drawing on reasoning to come to this inevitable conclusion. The scope of the research will include
slavery in both the North and South as well as in-between. To best support the thesis, the state of Virginia will be used to demonstrate that things were not black
and white and that America was not solely divided by North and South. Race relations in America at the time was more subtle. It was complicated.
II. Slavery in the North and South: A Comparison Although it is true that there is no "great divide" so to speak, it is however true that there
was a general consensus in the each portion of the country and this must be explored. It seems that the southerners were in favor of slavery and the sentiment did
grow as a result of Zachary Taylors presidencyi. Daniel Webster was a great northern advocate regarding the Compromise of 1850 and he embraced threats of southern belligerence more seriously than
did othersii. In fact it was the compromise made at the Constitutional Convention that rendered five slaves as equivalent to three meniii. There was a great deal of difference in
ideology and many attribute this simply to economics. In examining the issue of slavery and economics, it becomes clear that slavery was profitable, particularly for the South. Although theorists have
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