Slavery was an ancient cruel malpractice prevalent in all around the world until very recent times also. For the banning of the slavery there were various arguments and some people were not willing to accept to ban it.
The major arguments the pro slavery advocates put were -the sudden end of slavery will hamper the cotton economy and economy of southern zone of U.S.A. The tobacco and rice plantation will also suffer a lot.
The defenders of slavery argued that slavery existed from time immoral and in religious texts like Bible also says about the practice of slavery. These arguments are absolutely baseless since slavery is the most dreaded form of torture existed in our society.
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