The American Revolution and the Evolving Fate of Slavery in the Colonies

Slavery in America during the American Revolution Name Instructor Course Date Slavery in America during the American Revolution Introduction Slavery is an act of ownership of a person or persons as property especially in regard to their labor. It is an evil oppressing act that involves compulsory work through dictated locations of work by the enslaver. Fortunately or unfortunately, ever since time immemorial, slavery served as the backbone of America’s economy. Slaves provided America with cheap labor that accommodated the rising demands in America’s cotton farms. The whites neither wished to work in their demanding farms nor pay for demanding services within such farms thus many advocated for legalization of slavery. Major influence on slavery legalization came from the Southern whites and political figures like John C. Calhoun whose farms demanded serious attention from such cheap labor thus maintaining slavery and viewing it as a positive good proved the only option. Nevertheless, American Revolution brought a new phase of experiences for the enslaved population. Through the American Revolution slavery institution experienced profound effects where thousands of slaves won their freedom by serving on both sides of the Independence war, others became manumitted while thousands of other slaves freed themselves by running away. Triggers of Continued Slavery Fostering American Revolution War While analyzing potential forces that enhanced continuation of slavery in American colonies, it is open that labor demands in white American cotton farms played a significant role in shaping the positive good in slavery legalization. Unfortunately, huge percentage of these slaves were African Americans or the people of color implying that the whites had nothing to lose for treating other races as inferior as a confirmation of white supremacy. Southerners believed that without slaves, running their normal lives would remain a challenge. For this reason, Southerners advocated for slavery as through them these whites enjoyed cheap labor which proved a priority in the demanding coffee farms while others raised rice, corn, tobacco and sugarcane. Southerners argued that enslaved people were happier and healthier while working in their productive farms and living within their territories than the northern waged slaves working in manufacturing industries within the Northern State. While confirming this through a speech in the U.S senate in 1837, John C. Calhoun argued that “slavery is indispensable to the peace and happiness of both the whites and blacks”. As an influential political figure, Calhoun further argued that any antislavery campaign from the Northern people would result in conflicts between the Southerners and the Northerners hampering growth and development of the America’s economy. Calhoun fears for arousal of abolitionism spirit as a prediction outcome of the Northern belief on slavery as a sin remained clearly defined in that speech. To this effect, this political figure wanted the Northern people to change their percep