| Chambersburg Valley Spirit, "White Slavery in England," April 18, 1860 Summary
The article tacitly acknowledges that slavery, as a system of labor, is unfair, yet, Northern Democratic editors contend that
the American form of bondage is not as bad as that in England where white workers, they argue, are forced to endure even worse
conditions than in the South.
EXCERPT:
"Here are facts which should admonish the professed humanitarians of England to look to their own deplorable system of slavery,
and not meddle with our more humane institutions. No slavery in our Southern States equals the cruel servitude imposed by
them upon their weak, helpless and distressed white laborers."
Full-text web version of newspaper  Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "In the first half of 1860 Democratic editors in Franklin County emphasized slavery's compatibility with the Northern economy
and society and Northern complicity in the South's institution."
Citation: Key = E074
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