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James Henry Hammond was a senator and wealthy plantation owner from South Carolina. This excerpt is from a speech he made to the Senate on March 4, 1858, in which he lays out his famous "mudsill theory" and states, "In all societies that must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life." This class, says Hammond, makes it possible for the higher class to move civilization forward.
In the antebellum period, pro-slavery forces moved from defending slavery as a necessary evil to expounding it as a positive good. Some insisted that African Americans were child-like people in need of protection, and that slavery provided a civilizing influence. Others argued that black people were biologically inferior to white people and were incapable of assimilating in free society. Still others claimed that slaves were necessary to maintain the progress of white society.
It was a remote location that they were lead to believe it was a tranquil vacation spot. It was hot, humid, they had to work the fields and follow orders all through a loud speaker.
The Strait of Malacca, which runs between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, has long been a major gateway for trade to and from Asia, and is the world’s second busiest waterway.
The Suez Canal between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, opened in 1869 reducing the distance between Europe and the Far East.
Strait of Malacca, the shortest sea route between African and Persian Gulf supply’s the Asian markets.
The Panama Canal
The Strait of Malacca and Straits of Sunda and Lombok near Asia.
