Slavery???

Question

What would the world be like if the 13th amendment hadn't been passed? Try to encumpass all aspects of society. How would the U.S. be doing economically now, socially, politically? How would a slavery society be different from today's society? What would be missing from both, what could be gained(pros and cons.) Try to see it from the point of view people back in age of slavery, before abolitionists. Imagine too, how slaves would be treated today in modern times. Please, nobody bite my head off, would the life of a modern day slave be better than some lives of the homeless(especially taking into account Katrina victims.) Again, just to reitterate, i'm not a racist. I'm writing a speech and am looking for opinions. Please, no stupid remarks, and definitely no racist ones. Please try to keep this a civilized think tank. Thanks! :-)

Answer 1

I often wonder if the argument for slavery is similar to that we have for illegal immigrants. People talk about how important the cheap labor is and how the economy would falter if there were no cheap labor. Maybe they made the same argument for slavery. In both cases it's wrong

Answer 2

There are several ways things could have panned out.

Thing could be pretty similar to how they are today, except that ALL of the poor would be Black.

Eventually, someone could have come along and changed enough policy to where slavery just wasnt legal anymore.

Other groups could have taken the place of Black slaves.

Black people could have revolted en masse and taken over, leading to world peace, or White slavery.

Answer 3

well being african american and being honest. with todays technology and everyones easy access to it. I honestly believe people of ethnicity would probably be non-existant..being that we werent thought of as human beings but more of property.