Dbq Slavery

In the 1600’s slavery played an immense role in early America, as well as vastly impacting lives later on. There were many debates over whether slavery should be abolished, most of these debates were directed towards the presidents of this time frame which included James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. These men all shared the same opinion that slavery should be abolished because it is tyrannical and inequitable (Zucconi 1). The presidents during this dreadful time all claimed that slavery needs to be eradicated because no man should be able to own another because it is unjust. James Monroe believes that taking away and creating unequal rights is evil and it’s nefarious ways must be demolished. (Randall 20). An argument was made by James Madison that slavery played a big role in Virginia's government. Although, Virginia's government was democratic it was truly aristocratic (Zucconi 14). All in all, the presidents during this time frame are
For example, James Madison believed that it was wrong that a man could be someone else's property (Randall 17,). In contrary to this, James Madison did own slaves similar to many of the other presidents such as James Monroe and Andrew Jackson. These men were hypocritical, they fought and spoke about how slavery was unjust and tyrannical, yet they owned slaves. Many inconsistencies were found in the claims that they made and their actions. The only president during this time to hold true to what he said was John Adams, throughout his entire life has been disgusted by slavery and had never owned a slave (Randall 7). In conclusion, the presidents during this time frame were very hypocritical because in the debate over the abolishment of slavery they all claimed that slavery was wrong and must come to an end but they also owned slaves at the