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...... Author Elkins offers several significant arguments to illustrate his positions. One of his major theories states that slavery was a problem for American slaves, more so than in other countries. In fact, he argues that the fervent opinion against slavery in America was "all moral," rather than scientific and unemotional. He writes early in his book, "It was a problem of conscience which by mid-century would fasten itself in one form or another, and in varying degrees, upon men's feelings everywhere" (Elkins, 1976, p. 28). Elkins feels slavery, as an institution, could (and should) have been examined less emotionally and more realistically, rather than as an ethical or moral dilemma, and this is one of the most significant points of view in his book, which sets the period and his views for the rest of his writing
Another key argument Elkins uses to back up his beliefs is the attitude of change and growth that was occurring throughout American through the 1830s and beyond. Old political and social institutions, such as Congregationalism and Federalism were dying out, and they were being replaced by new, more modern institutions. The author states, "Thus for the American of that day it was

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