White southerners who defended slavery were called? apologists. abolitionists. slaveholders. spectators.

Option A, Apologists is the right answer.

Apologists were the White Southerners who defended slavery. These Apologists raised the challenge introduced by Abolitionists ( the White Northerners, who opposed Slavery). They ( the Apologists) argued that the immediate end of the system could have an intense and ruining economic impact in the South ( where slavery was the backbone of the Economy). They further explained that if all the captives became free, this would directly influence the employment and would result in the rebellions and chaos all over the South.

atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

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