The future outlook., 1941-11-20

vantage or the labor or slaves Itself
The question, was often asked VIII,
own slaves when their labor "Is Civ
en- reluctantly; II In unskllied; II u
! wanting ersalitity.
II is given reluctantly. II IN unSkill.
full and II Ia lacking In versatility. and
consequently the Industry OF the slave
can only be depended on M long as he
Is watched; he must be highly super
yIsed and the slave must work on
staple products such as cotton. rice.
tobacco, etc. the work processes and
methods OF which can bc easily ard
permanently learned. The conse-
Iqucnccs OF this background meant
that In order for the south 10 main.
tain slavery II had TO cling 10 sta.
tic economy. The appeal OF the abol'
itlonlst, then, were economically well
founded In stating that tho type OF
labor used must be valuable.
| Another economic effect OF the
abolition movement was to cause the
poor white" labor OF the south TO
| fall In with the unfortunate black
brother. Had such union been pos
slblc II would have been powerful
Influence towards the emancipation OF
both groups. This lovely state OF az.
fairs did not come about partly be
cause white laborers hoped some day
to become slave owners themselves.
Added to this point OF view was the
fact that the master class dominated
the sentiment and conduct of the
south. The lower class tended to fol-
low the leader. A further reason Ia
observed by Bogart: "The large
non-slave owning class preferred to
follow the leadership of the planter
class rather than the northern aboll-
ZIONIST. whose violence alcnnted
them"
The nbolitlonlst could not, however,
make the poor whites zee the neces-
sity OF unity for protection. Instead
OF that. there was a systematic ef-
fort 10 crush the Ncgro's possibilities
OF ever being free. ''In many places
there was an unwlIlingness on the
part OF the native whites 10 mix with
the Negro In performance OF labor"
And In even certain places In the
north. the whites avoided districts
having a large colored population"
The desire OF the abolltionIst on this
point was almost q total failure.
The cumulative effects OF these Mt
tltudes especially toward the free
Negro had made his condition IN this
country very bad until "thc economic
condition Of the Negro population at
trnctcd the attention OF the anti
slavery societies OF the north. aud
they urged with great vigor the In.
PRODUCTION Of free labor into the
south. II WAS evident TO them that
the same attitude which southern
white manifested toward Negro ln'
bor could easily be transferred to the
north and used against northern In
Dor. They would oppose such treat
ment not only because II wns unjust
TO Negro lnborers but because OF the
resulting influence upon the white
lnborers OF the north
The colonization movement was the
outgrowth of anti-slavery economic
activities and "can be traced back TO
Jcffersons Notes On Virginia In
1884" An impetus was given to the
movement when Congress pnssed an
net providing for the return TO Africa
OF Illegally captured slaves. Added TO
this net was the fear created In 1872
by the vcsey plot (yesey was a
Negro OF Charleston. s. CD TO rise.
massacre the white population, seize
the shipping In the harbor, and II
hard pressed, to sail away 10 the
West Indies" 80 ~
While the movement ia have
Negroes colonize In Africa or In Mex
leo was for the purpose OF allowing
them fuller opportunities for express
sion IN every field Of cudenvor. never
theiess. the economic plight OF The
free Negro inspired most Of the nc
ton. And 1t was In this type OF work
that the south was willing to co
operate with the ,nprth. for the south
did not desire free Negroes and made
ife very uncertain for. them. Yet The
colonization movement ith MI OF III
beautiful possibilities was economical
, Iiy unsound and proved a failure.