Is Slavery Morally Wrong

The institution of using others, such as, the Native Americans and the Africans, as a working force for mostly agricultural labor, is commonly known as slavery. These people working like live stock in the fields were branded as slaves. Slavery itself dates back since the era of the Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Empire. From then on it became part of civilization. It dehumanized numerous of people and created them into basic merchandise. Also, care was given little to none, they were used until they were seen as useless. Various slave owners saw slavery as an economic, as well as, a religious factor of society. On the contrary, slavery is morally wrong, based on its dehumanizing factors and use of people just for profit. To begin with, Slavery …show more content…
This institution was widely referred as slavery. According to the peer-reviewed journal, "Slaves, Embryos, and Nonhuman Animals: Moral Status and the Limitations of Common Morality Theory,” by Ronald A. Lindsay, it stated that, “The institution of slavery was found acceptable by almost all societies until the late Middle Ages, and even then was widely accepted outside of Europe.” Slavery, nevertheless, was still denied by groups of people, such as Abolitionists. An example of an abolitionist was Frederick Douglass. Within his narrative novel, he saw that the pro-slavery people and the slave owners only used religion in their favor. For example, the pro-slavery would most likely say that “the existence of slavery is not opposed to the will of God,” (Kull, 108). The morality of slavery was always questioned, “many could agree that slavery was an evil, they could not go so far to declare it a sin” (Kull, 108). All in all, slavery from the day it was established on earth, destroyed a large amount of lives. It had no remorse, like the slave owners that owned over one hundred slaves within their …show more content…
In the past, slavery was seen as a common act within the society. Most wealthy land owners owned slaves. The slaves’ purpose was to work endlessly in the fields. Also, they were seen as free labor to become wealthy. However, in today’s society it is viewed very differently. Many people would say that slavery was the most unmoral act ever committed by humans. The imaged changed because slavery only brought mistreatment and it was and still is unconstitutional. Furthermore, the morality of slavery was still questioned, even with past records of cruelty. Various people “could agree that slavery was an evil, they could not go so far to declare it a sin” (Kull, 108). To support this reasoning, pro-slavery supporters would use religion as a defense. Overall, based off of slavery’s dehumanizing factors and its ideals on a person owning another just for profit, concludes that it is morally