Slavery is a form of forced, free labor in which one human being is the property of another. Nearly two million slaves were brought to the American South from Africa and the West Indies during the Atlantic slave trade. The American South accounted for over 20% African Americans. As late as 1900, 9 out of 10 African Americans lived in the South. Slavery supported the economic structure of the planter aristocracy. By 1850 only 1,773 families owned more than 100 slaves each, and this group provided the political and social leadership of the section and the nation. Slavery, like it or not, was the moral evil that made history in the United States. Slavery not only existed in the South, but also extended to the English colonies and was dominant in agricultural production from the colonies to the South. South America believed that slavery was wrong but necessary. However this belief changed around 1830, Southerners felt it was a moral, social, and political blessing for slaves and their masters. Most of the changes in opinion towards slaves were largely due to economic incentives...