进入19世纪20年代后，在反击废奴运动的过程中，美国南方形成了维护奴隶制度的新主张，其要点为不再认为奴隶制是“必要的恶”，而是将其视为“积极的善”。为使自己的观点站住脚，奴隶制维护者从历史、宗教和现实等方面进行了论证。他们的论述并非全无根据，但失于片面，而且不符合历史发展的潮流。所以，这种新的主张虽然能暂时为奴隶主提供心理支撑，但改变不了奴隶制灭亡的命运。%In the years from the 1920s to the Civil War, in the course of anti-abolition movement, Ameri-can Southerners formed a new argument for slavery , which insisted that slavery was “positive good”, rather than “necessary evil”.In order to justify their argument , slavery proponents tried to prove their viewpoints from the perspective of history, religion, and the realities.Their arguments were not totally unreasonable , but were unilateral, and not in line with the historical trend .Therefore, their new arguments could offer them tem-porary psychological support, but couldn’t save slavery from abolition.
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