Comments on: Missouri Compromise exposed the raw nerve of slavery http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: E http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm#comment-510123 E Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:51:16 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681256#comment-510123 I think you need to recognize nearly 200 years have passed since slavery was common place. No justification here, just recognize cultures and people were sadly very different back then. Though we have come a long long way, I do agree there is still much to be done in bringing our focus on a person's actions, not appearance. We seem to have replaced the focus on skin color to how pretty one is these days, and I see far more discrimination on that front, so perhaps we haven't changed much after all?? I think you need to recognize nearly 200 years have passed since slavery was common place. No justification here, just recognize cultures and people were sadly very different back then.

Though we have come a long long way, I do agree there is still much to be done in bringing our focus on a person's actions, not appearance. We seem to have replaced the focus on skin color to how pretty one is these days, and I see far more discrimination on that front, so perhaps we haven't changed much after all??

]]> By: Amanda K http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm#comment-369169 Amanda K Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:42:45 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681256#comment-369169 I agree with what Arthur Livermore said, slavery was a terrible thing that a lot of the people of this country agreed with. People are people regardless of their skin color. White people should never have treated African Americans in such a way. When white people forced African Americans into slavery, it was because they were being lazy. African Americans are humans just like white people, so why treat them like animals? Personally, I do not understand what was going through peoples’ minds when they put people into slavery. What made the people that agreed with slavery actually agree with it? Humans are humans. Color does not matter. All humans should be treated with the same amount of respect. I agree with what Arthur Livermore said, slavery was a terrible thing that a lot of the people of this country agreed with. People are people regardless of their skin color. White people should never have treated African Americans in such a way. When white people forced African Americans into slavery, it was because they were being lazy. African Americans are humans just like white people, so why treat them like animals? Personally, I do not understand what was going through peoples’ minds when they put people into slavery. What made the people that agreed with slavery actually agree with it? Humans are humans. Color does not matter. All humans should be treated with the same amount of respect.

]]> By: Zachary J. Irish http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm#comment-369034 Zachary J. Irish Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:42:14 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681256#comment-369034 It’s amazing of how long it took before South Carolina succeeded and the Civil War finally broke out. The Missouri Compromise showed exactly why there would be a Civil War and who would be on each side. The way the article refers to slavery is very inhumane in the fact that it doesn’t describe it for as it is, it’s forced manual labor for life. This articles acts as if slavery is a political status that doesn’t mean much. The reason why the article portrays slavery like this is because the citizens of the United States at the time thought of slavery only in this manner and used it to benefit the economy. It wasn’t thought of as a social or ethical aspect. Racism exists in the world today but it is nothing compared to how it was then. African Americans were thought of as tools or animals to do their labor for free. Also the union didn’t really care whether Missouri was a free or slave state, it was a matter of flexing their political muscles to prove that one side of the union was better than the other. Missouri’s geographic location isolated it from economic and political affairs. It’s amazing of how long it took before South Carolina succeeded and the Civil War finally broke out. The Missouri Compromise showed exactly why there would be a Civil War and who would be on each side. The way the article refers to slavery is very inhumane in the fact that it doesn’t describe it for as it is, it’s forced manual labor for life. This articles acts as if slavery is a political status that doesn’t mean much. The reason why the article portrays slavery like this is because the citizens of the United States at the time thought of slavery only in this manner and used it to benefit the economy. It wasn’t thought of as a social or ethical aspect. Racism exists in the world today but it is nothing compared to how it was then. African Americans were thought of as tools or animals to do their labor for free. Also the union didn’t really care whether Missouri was a free or slave state, it was a matter of flexing their political muscles to prove that one side of the union was better than the other. Missouri’s geographic location isolated it from economic and political affairs.

]]> By: Kimberly E http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm#comment-369008 Kimberly E Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:34:50 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681256#comment-369008 I agree with Congressman Arthur Livermore, when will the yearning for more money and wealth ever stop? I know that it’s our nature as humans to want more of what we have in order to be satisfied. It was never fair to those African Americans who were pulled from their home land to come and be forced to be property because we wealthy whites can’t do it ourselves. If another country would have done that to us, we would have gone insane about and wouldn’t give up without a fight. But when we took those innocent people from their home, some fought back but when they did, they ended up being killed by their “master”. Just because we see someone who is different from us doesn’t make us their masters, they are human just like we are who just have a different skin tone because of their location. If you cut open a person who is white and who is black, you would most likely get the same results. Having a war against one another over whether there should be slaves or not was unnecessary for our country to have even gone into. We are better than that. There shouldn’t have been a compromise for Missouri just so peace could be kept between the north and south. We could have a found another way around it. I agree with Congressman Arthur Livermore, when will the yearning for more money and wealth ever stop? I know that it’s our nature as humans to want more of what we have in order to be satisfied. It was never fair to those African Americans who were pulled from their home land to come and be forced to be property because we wealthy whites can’t do it ourselves. If another country would have done that to us, we would have gone insane about and wouldn’t give up without a fight. But when we took those innocent people from their home, some fought back but when they did, they ended up being killed by their “master”. Just because we see someone who is different from us doesn’t make us their masters, they are human just like we are who just have a different skin tone because of their location. If you cut open a person who is white and who is black, you would most likely get the same results. Having a war against one another over whether there should be slaves or not was unnecessary for our country to have even gone into. We are better than that. There shouldn’t have been a compromise for Missouri just so peace could be kept between the north and south. We could have a found another way around it.

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