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Today, society sees slavery as a moral issue. During the antebellum era, how did the South mainly view slavery?

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they were veiwed as an economic issue

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Back then, slaves were seen as animals that produced money or did chores. Although not many farmers had them, that was all of their goals- to one day be rich enough to buy a whole bunch of slaves.
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