System of Racial Slavery Built by English Colonists

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System of Racial Slavery Built by English Colonists
Introduction
Without a doubt, it is impossible to ventilate the history of America without roping in the thorny issue of slavery. The two are intertwined, and the latter played an integral role in establishing and developing America as a nation. The history of slavery in America dates back to the 17th century, and the first batch of slaves set foot in America in 1619 in Jamestown (The Evolution of Slavery, 1). The numbers swelled gradually over the years, and the slaves played a pivotal role in the colony. Indeed, slavery provided the basis for the growth of the American economy in distinct dimensions. For instance, in the South, it helped produce a substantial amount of the world’s cotton, which enabled the country’s economy to grow substantially. In cognizance of the paramount role that racial slavery played in the progression of America, all states enacted legislation to sustain the despicable practice. Interestingly, some slaveholders, in their earnest quest to defend slavery, argued that God permitted the practice (Slaveholders in Virginia Argue against the Abolition of Slavery, 1784-1785, 138). Adopting such a hard-line stance meant that slaveholders would go to any length to ensure the perpetuation of slavery. In this regard, the slaveholders crafted a racial slavery system supported by a legal system entailing laws that contributed to its definition.
Reasons for Building a Racial Slavery System
One of the reasons why colonists established a racial slavery system was their unreasonable belief that they had the inalienable right to hold non-Christians as slaves. As indicated previously, they believed the scriptures did not speak against it at any point (Slaveholders in Virginia Argue against the Abolition of Slavery, 1784-1785, 138). As such, they contended the Deity approved of slavery, which is why they engaged in the same without the slightest misgivings. Their arguments, in their quest to vindicate slavery, appeared to border on the ridiculous. For instance, the slaveholders claimed that slavery played a paramount role in emancipating black people from such vagaries of life as neglect, famine, and death. In addition, they claimed it cushioned slaves from the terrible horrors that could be visited on them by unprincipled and remorseless banditti (Slaveholders in Virginia Argue against the Abolition of Slavery, 1784-1785, 138). In short, they implicitly suggested that enslaving black people did more good than harm to the slaves.
The other reason slaveholders established a racial system was to make sure no laws would be enacted to emancipate slaves. They regarded slaves as property, which no one had the right to wrestle from them (Slaveholders in Virginia Argue against the Abolition of Slavery, 1784-1785, 138). In addition, they established laws that would inevitably protect them from having lawsuits instituted against them for enslaving black people. Ideally, they wanted to ensure that no laws would be used in any court of law to condemn them for engaging in slavery.
What slaveholders conspicuously failed to point out was the overriding economic import associated with keeping slaves. M...