http://tags.library.upenn.edu/minjk/belief PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/36850 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/36850 <p>Julian Bach argues that there is always the clash between traditional and liberal beliefs about slavery.&nbsp; He mentions that slavery was &ldquo;natural and historically universal, but it was vindicated by political, social, and economic expediency.&rdquo;&nbsp; Also, he believes that the Southerners consider freedom a privilege or a rank that they have received so they are very unwilling to share that "status" with African-Americans who previously were under their control.&nbsp; These thoughts of the Southerners confront those of the Northerners who are more experimental and liberal, creating tension between the two regions.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />Bach, Julian S. "The Social Thought of the Old South." The American Journal of Sociology 46.2 (1940): 179-188. &lt;http://www.jstor.org/stable/2769450&gt;.</p>