In today's section at the end of class we discussed Bentham and Spigels writings. I found it very interesting to see their points of view and more specifically Spigels writing. I really like the way she brought in the texts and how the text from Virgina:

"I am sure they could never become happier

people than I find here...No tribe of people

has ever passed from barbarism to

civilization whose progress has been

more secure from harm, more genial

to their character, or better supplied with

mild and beneficent guardianship, adapted to 

the actual state of their intellectual feebleness,

than the Negros of Swallow Barn. And from what

I can gather, it is pretty much the same on the

other estates in this region"

I would like to see either your opinion, or maybe, why you see people justifying slavery as a benefit. I think the only reason people justify it is, in a similar way that Samantha said, is that we don't want to be apart of it and simply turn a blind eye to it. What are your thoughts?