Their culture is looked down upon and discouraged since they were weakened and compromised for centuries. ... There were many influential groups in the North that encouraged a more benevolent form of slavery, especially since the slaves in the North were engaged in less severe conditions than the South. ...

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This was also another way of dealing with wrongdoers in society, instead of implementing severe punishment- one could be sent out to the "dark continent." as most Europeans tended to see Africa. 2 The three reasons mentioned earlier are not the only definite reasons; these reasons are like the others that happen to be interrelated. ... In the light of this, African customs, religion, language, heritage and way of life was discouraged. ...

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