At the time, yes, trying to run a commercial farm without slaves while you tried to get the laws changed would have been completely reasonable.
Morality is not absolute, its situational and relative. Applying modern morals to judge the past is an effort in stupidity.
“I wouldn’t have done that” yes you definitely would have, because you would have been raised to do that.
There are things you do today that future generations will judge you as immoral for doing that you think are perfectly fine.
Do you think eating animals is acceptable? Future generations may think you just as barbaric for allowing that as you think people were for allowing human slaves. Or maybe they’re fine with eating meat, but they will think you barbaric for allowing paid healthcare to exist and people to suffer because they’re poor.
At the time, yes, trying to run a commercial farm without slaves while you tried to get the laws changed would have been completely reasonable.
Morality is not absolute, its situational and relative. Applying modern morals to judge the past is an effort in stupidity.
“I wouldn’t have done that” yes you definitely would have, because you would have been raised to do that.
There are things you do today that future generations will judge you as immoral for doing that you think are perfectly fine.
Do you think eating animals is acceptable? Future generations may think you just as barbaric for allowing that as you think people were for allowing human slaves. Or maybe they’re fine with eating meat, but they will think you barbaric for allowing paid healthcare to exist and people to suffer because they’re poor.
I don’t eat animals btw
Gtfo slavery apologist