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Read through John Quincy Adams’ “Reflections on the Missouri Question” (For the Record, p. 222-225). On page 225, Adams stated that John C. Calhoun of South Carolina believed that slavery “was the best guarantee to equality among the whites.” What did Calhoun mean by that statement? What does Adams’ account reveal to us about sectional differences within the U.S.?

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According to Calhoun of  South Carolina the best guarantee to equality among the whites will be the support and continuation of the slavery in the region.

What Adam Calhoun meant by this in his defense for slavery was that the white people would be only able to get to a place of income and wealth equality if the existence of slavery in the society continued.

Slavery according to him was what provided the means for the whites to survive. But an implementation of the equal rights law or the end of slavery would have consequences on them.

Because of the presence of the blacks, the whites were no longer used to doing manual labor. This was a cause of the equality among the white people.

Even though there were inequalities based on income gaps among the whites, slavery in the region gave them a general level of equality.

According to Adam's account we can see that there was a gap in the society especially when it comes to income and wealth. Even among the whites this too existed. And it was of great disadvantage to the economy.

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