Here we take another look at Mencius's discussion of human nature in association with his definition of ren/jen, and get at a better understanding of the Mencian approach to the human being. 1. Ren/jen (human heartedness/humaneness) as innate human nature
Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel slavery that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries after it gained independence and before the end of the American Civil War.
well slavery was an big issue because it separated the northern and southern states. the northern states realize that slavery was an unnessary inhumane treatment and wanted to abolished it. While the southern states depended on slaves since they worked for free on their plantation. To resolve this they counted 3 free men for 5 slaves until 1808.