Question

Where tobacco farmers immoral when they contracted indentured servants? What about with slaves?

Answer 1

The farmers were not immoral with the indentured servants because the servants had a choice to be a servant. But the farmers were immoral with slaves because the slaves were forced into slavery.

Answer 2

They just wanted personal profit. It was every man for himself, and “looking out for number one” - number one being, of course, yourself. To themselves, they weren’t immoral, but today with the idea that slavery is wrong, some may say that they were immoral,

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