Harmonize Discussion 4: Slave Trade

This discussion is rooted in chapter 5. Read chapter 5 prior to responding to one of the following questions.

In your answer, note which question you are answering.

1) Why did African slave trade create so little opposition among colonists?

2) How did supporters of the African slave trade justify its cruelty and violence?

3) How did colonists’ attitudes toward the slave trade reflect their thinking about markets, freedom, inequality, and race?

4) In terms of the Quakers, why did a few oppose the slave trade and what arguments did others use to denounce slavery and the slave trade?

Remember: Please only use 100 words.