In the thirty years leading up to the civil war, fewer and fewer whites viewed slavery as a "necessary evil." identify how the following arguments were used by southerners to justify to themselves and to the world their use of slavery.

answer: alexander hamilton

explanation: alexander hamilton was george washington's right hand man. he took an early role in the militia as the american revolutionary war began. in 1777, he became a senior aide to general washington in running the new continental army.