How did Southerners justify the institution of slavery?

Choose one of the questions below and answer the question.
How did Southerners justify the institution of slavery? How did their defense of slavery change during the nineteenth century?
What is the trail of tears? What was the role of the Supreme Court? What are some inconsistencies in the way in which the U.S. government responded?

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Essay 3:
How did Southerners justify the institution of slavery? How did their defense of slavery change during the nineteenth century?
What is the trail of tears? What was the role of the Supreme Court? What are some inconsistencies in the way in which the U.S. government responded?
“I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.”
“America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”
Frederick Douglass

p;lease use this as surce

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 Foner. Give Me Liberty, Vol I, Seagull Ed, ISBN 0-393-92030-5 (Official text at the bookstore)  Various primary & secondary sources, including videos on Etudes or elsewhere

 Ken Burns. Not for Ourselves Alone: The story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony.
(Video on Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, public libraries or elsewhere)