Among the numerous underlying forces and specific events that contributed to this growing opposition were the moral disagreement with the system of human ownership maintained by millions of American reformers, as well as the predominance of personal interests in the matter. This often encouraged white Americans to protest against slavery primarily because its existence impacted their own lives negatively. ... A specific event that occurred in 1810 clearly illustrated the growing moral opposition to slavery: an African American minister was gifted $500 by the residents of Philadelphia so that...

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The institution of slavery in colonial America, mainly informed by labor struggles, implied a socioeconomic divide between societies with slaves and slave societies. ... The first age of slavery in North America, featured societies with slaves characterizing the Charter Generation. ... During this time, due to a labor shortage, the slave trade intensified as Europeans moved deeper and deeper into Africa. As the numbers of European servants decreased, the number of slaves from Africa increased. This created a black majority throughout the Chesapeake, along with a race based slave society, wher...

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