Who of the following would have argued that "freedom is not possible without slavery"?
A)Stephen Douglas
B)John C. Calhoun
C)James Buchanan
D)Henry Clay
E)Nathaniel Hawthorne

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John C. Calhoun was a pro-slavery advocate and believed that slavery was essential for the maintenance of Southern society and economy. He argued that the freedoms of the white population of the South were only possible because of the enslavement of Black people. He famously declared, "I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding States between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good—a positive good."

Who of the Following Would Have Argued That "Freedom Is