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by basically emphasizing how much better the Southerners are (making them more humble and kind) than the North. -AN

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Fitzhugh makes the Southern society seem picturesque and perfect as a credit to society. Simultaneously he also attempts to bring down the North. One important factor he touches upon is wealth, he says that the Souths wealth is rather equally distributed as opposed to the North with their selfish millionaires.
-AG

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Grayson focuses on the slaves more than the society as a whole. He talks about how slavery benefits slaves and civilizes them. Grayson claims that Africans did not have their own society before coming to America. He also compares it to the Irish moving due to the potato famine and uses other blatant lies and exaggeration to make his points stronger.
-AG

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Fitzhugh tries to glorify the South and make the Northern society look worse, he constantly compares the two throughout his text. Specifically, he mentioned how the slaves in the south were treated equally like any white man .. though we all know that not true in the slightest bit.
-M.V

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He defends slavery by saying that the south is better and more peaceful than the north because of it. They are also wealthier since they are making money from slavery. However, he should never think this way when the south has a very large slave population.
- A. ST.

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He talks about how the south profited heavily because of slavery. He says that the south profits more than the north. He thought that the south profited so much that they had made enough basic necessities for 3 to 4 times their population.

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He defends slavery by saying that it made the African Americans more civil and well-mannered. -AN

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Grayson defends southern slavery by explaining how it supposedly had benefits for both African-Americans and whites. He says that slavery makes slaves be more polite and learn from it. He also expresses that without the owners of slaves, they would not have a home or the items they need to survive.
- A. ST.

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He states that slavery is benefiting slaves more than hurting them. He is saying that the African American race is learning and evolving because of the effects of slavery. He also thinks that slavery is a gateway for slaves to escape the poverty of their culture that was suffering at the time. So he thought that slavery was very beneficial to all people.

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Fitzhugh defends slavery by defending the south. Slavery was more popular in the south and he tends to attack the north to make the south/slavery sound better.

MC

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Fitzhugh defends southern slavery by mentioning how prosperous the South became, that it didn't really matter what slaves went through as long as the economy was well off and they were not close to famine like the North was.
A.D.

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Grayson defends Southern slavery by saying that slavery was both beneficial for the white men and the slaves. He tries to say that the whites in a way were the creators of most things in the country and came up with all the original ideas that helped teach the slaves to be well mannered and civilized. He said that American Slaves were more civilized because of the whites, unlike any tribe back in their homeland.
-M.V

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Fitzhugh defends Southern Slavery with the basis of mostly promoting the South. In greater detail, throughout the beginning of the article, Fitzhugh is trying to display how much better the South is from the North, degrading the North's actions and overall economy - make themselves seem superior from the result of slavery. Additionally, Fitzhugh uses this glorification to justify that the African-Americans were in fact, happy. Happy as described, "peasants of the South."
- S. S. P

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Kind of trys to make it seem like the South is better than the North. Everything is "civilized" in the South, while the North is very power hungry. Kind of says that everyone relies and depends on the South, and it's all because of the slaves. Slaves are on "equal" footing with everyone else, when in reality they aren't

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Fitzhugh defends slavery by glorifying the South almost as if trying to sell the south to the reader. Throughout the passage he continuously compared the north and south, talking about how much better the south is doing economically and socially because of the presence of slavery. While the north is struggling to maintain its distribution of wealth.

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He defended it by comparing the North and South. Saying that there's a large divide between the poor and rich in the North while in the South everything is the same and everyone gets help when they need it. They can only say that because in the South they benefit of the slaves hard work and get to reap the benefits while in the North, African Americans are actually rewarded for their hard to work.
O.H

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Fitzhugh defends Southern slavery by portraying the Southern states as more peaceful and welcoming to everyone, providing hospitality even for the slaves. He praises the South as a place where they can provide support and as well as resources.
-KR

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Fitzhugh defends slavery by attacking the North for their worse economy and their constant in-fighting. He claims that the distribution of wealth is greater in the South, while the North is controlled by a few millionaires. - AT

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By comparing the North and South and how much better the South is. Basically saying that the South is peaceful and successful. While the North is not as peaceful and has an unbalanced wealth.
-AS

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Fitzhugh defends slavery by saying the economics in the South are better in the North due to slavery. He believed slavery was necessary as it led to everyone having wealth and no one being poor.
AV

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Fitzhugh highlights the profit of the South. He explains how the South was peaceful and hospitable and attacks the North by saying they are constantly fighting over wealth and profit. He emphasizes the wealth distribution between the North and the South. He says the North consisted of some millionaires who were selfish and did not care for the poor while the South distributed their wealth "equally".

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Fitzhugh was trying to defend the south and slavery by speaking about profits, making comparisons to the north, only mentioning good things. There was no mention of the bad, or well, he never admitted how bad things were just to make the south sound bad. He was basically selling the south to you.

Hoffman

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He talks about how profitable the South had become because of slavery, and tries to glorify the treatment they went through by making it seem as something not all there, as well as pointing out the flaws of the North and how because they're, in essence, not doing it right, their economy is suffering

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Fitzhugh defends Southern Slavery by emphasizing how much more well off the South is compared to the North. He paints the South in a much better light, discussing how successful and how wonderful the society is while calling the North greedy and inconsiderate. He tries to make slavery seem like a good thing that helps economies thrive and downplays the negative aspects of it.

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Fitzhugh talks a lot about money and the South vs the North. The North is looked down upon because they have fewer rich. The South has more...outstretched wealth throughout the community, however this is absolutly because of slavery and agriculture. These people were kind of handed money for their cruelty.

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He defends slavery by saying that slavery civilized black people and made them better people with good manners

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He doesn't, he just sort of tries to ruin the credibility of the north, and make the south seem like it's great for everyone, while dismissing the pain and horrors of slavery, and talking only of it's upsides
-B.O

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he defends slavery by claiming peace and its presence in the south. he is justifying it through stating that their was economic prosper due to slavery.
CN

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Grayson defends Southern slavery by stating how it brought the African American community closer and more united. He uses terms such an slavery profiting them instead of hurting.
MC

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Fitzhugh praised southern slavery. It seemed he was trying to "sell" the South; he mentions all of pros that the Southern states have to offer. He even compares the South to the North, mentioning how the South is better.

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Grayson defends Southern slavery by trying to convince the reader that a slave's life was joyous and prosperous instead of the harsh truth, he argues that slavery is beneficial for all because it makes slaves civilized.
A.D.

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Grayson defends slavery by saying white men are superior to black men. He believes black men needed to be saved and civilized. AV

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Points out how slavery has made black people more civilized and good mannered, and that they were welcomed into civilization, and should therefore repay their "debt" to the white people

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By saying how the South was actually helping slaves become civil. The "parents" to slaves. As well uses religion to justify himself.
-AS

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Grayson defends Southern Slavery by making the slaves seem helpless. He paints it like the whites were heroes for integrating negros into their society. In his vision, he sees it as saving them from their uncivilized tribes and parenting them, providing them with the essentials to live.

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He tries to say that he was doing the Africans a favor by taking them from their homes and giving them a better life, while in reality, this wasn't the case
-B.O

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Defends slavery by stating that America has civilized and stabilized African Americans by making them slaves. Trys to make it seem that without white people, black people would never be able to survive.

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Fitzhugh defends Southern Slavery by emphasizing the disparities between the Northern and Southern States.  In his explanation, Fitzhugh overly glorifies the South, making it seem more successful and fair.  However, when describing the North, it was painted as an area overpowered and controlled by a hierarchy in favor of the rich.

- IG

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grayson was defending slavery by basically saying that black people depended on white people. That was just awful and wrong. They did nothing good for the slaves.

KH

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he defends slavery by claiming that it is good for the slaves and even going to far as to suggest that they had a choice in the matter. he stated straight lies as though they were facts and was under the belief that slavery was beneficial to all involved, slaves and slave owners alike.
CN

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In this one he does a lot of justification. He says that slavery was a goof thing because he was giving them 'civilization.' In doing this, he esentially says that black people did not have knowledge and such before them, and puts the slavers in a sort of heroistic light.

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Grayson defends Southern slavery by explaining that they were "helping" the slaves more than harming. He explains that the slaves were being taught discipline and more human skills than they would have learned in their home country. He tries to make slavery seem like it was happy and joyous. He explains that they were given a home by their masters and that African Americans could not run a nation on their own. He says slavery was the most efficient method to bring them to their country and show them how a nation is supposed to be run.

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Grayson sort of mentions that slavery is meant to be and is a great process. He mentions how the whites are meant to teach the African Americans and that the whites are helping the African Americans.

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Grayson defends Southern slavery by acting as if the white population is doing slaves a favor. He talks as if the white were able to give slaves civilization. Along with that he also talks as if they allow slaves to progress. That without them the population of slaves wouldn't be able progress and better themselves.
O.H

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Grayson defends Southern slavery with the basis of actually benefiting the African-Americans. Furthermore, throughout the article, Grayson goes as far as to integrate the idea that the African-Americans are needed in this country to improve their race as a whole - using a master's justification to become 'better' in civil, social, and overall relations. Of course, through this reading, Grayson is forceful in a way that describes the white nation much more superior to the African-Americans, using numerous examples of intelligence and more.
- S. S. P

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Grayson defends slavery by arguing that slavery does a great benefit to African Americans by giving them a country to become more intelligent, hard working, and adopt Christianity. - AT

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Grayson defends slavery by trying to say that slavery not only benefitted the whites but the blacks as well. This is due to the fact that slavery helped black people develop further socially and economically.

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Grayson defends Southern Slavery as something beneficial for the slaves to provide structure for them and "train" them. Being a great act or the black population. Slavery doing the enslaved a "favor" by making them civilized and building an ideal character.
-KR

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Fitzhugh defends southern slavery by ennobling the South as an utopian society with no wealth disparity. He also denouces the North by making it out to be a power hungry and money grubbing society filled with  bourgeoisie millionaires.