tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5103169425714957933..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Slavery and abortionRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-68017074706354698342015-05-04T21:04:30.437-04:002015-05-04T21:04:30.437-04:00" It is the only compelling reason I can see ...<i>" It is the only compelling reason I can see to explain why the vast majority in the South were willing to sacrifice so much to preserve a system that did not benefit them at all"</i><br /><br />Which might give one pause to consider alternative explanations; to wit that perhaps slavery as an institution wasn't the only or even primary reason for the Confederacy.<br /><br />To the original point of the post, the disanalogy is well stated. Rather than "abolitionists" the AHA folks are much more akin to "prohibitionists", except prohibitionists actually had a political platform and power within existing governmental structures.<br /><br />This leaves AHA sort of where it is today, as a loose coalition of protestors. "Protest Human Abortion" doesn't sound nearly as righteous though. CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231394164372721485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-30385277815279882572015-05-04T17:35:50.665-04:002015-05-04T17:35:50.665-04:00Regarding slavery in the American South I believe ...Regarding slavery in the American South I believe there a social component that is being ignored. The social makeup of a region consists of a relatively small number of oligarchs, in this case the slave owning planters and a majority group of what can almost be described as subsistence farmers, the existence of slavery stabilized the social order to the benefit of the rich planters because the non-slave owning majority did not see themselves as being on the bottom of the social and economic order thus giving them a stake in preserving the status quo. It is the only compelling reason I can see to explain why the vast majority in the South were willing to sacrifice so much to preserve a system that did not benefit them at allAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036404317546885468noreply@blogger.com