Why slavery is an underestimated problem in our society
Slavery is underestimated. People do not realize that slavery is still on-going, even after it was abolished in Britain in 1807 and America in 1865. The biggest difference to slavery in the 1700’s and 1800’s to now is that it was legal and provided money, which helped to set up many businesses and cities. Slaves were used in the past to work on plantations to make cotton and other goods. People had previously seen it as the right thing to do as they were saving the Africans from their backward lifestyles. Whereas today it is illegal and seen as a sort of underground black-market trade, where women are especially exploited and traded for sex. Another way in which slavery occurs today is …show more content…
Previously, people believed that slavery was a blessing to the African people, as traders were saving them from cannibalism and religion. Slavery was also accepted as it was a big money maker and it meant that cities could grow. So could businesses just from being involved in the slave trade. Also eventually everyone was involved somehow in the slave trade or knew people who were, and because everyone was involved it meant that it seemed right. After many years of hard work by abolitionists and attitudes eventually changing, people seen it as no longer right to treat other human beings this way and eventually it was abolished and made illegal. But people today don’t realize that slavery is still going on and is still quite high. This is because it is no longer documented on as it is seen as the elephant in the room and is seen to be quite a hard topic to bring up. People no longer realise it is still going and others are scared into not reporting cases of slavery. A big reason why slavery is still on-going today is because people do not realise that slavery is still on-going which means it can go unnoticed by society. People believe that as it is illegal it is no longer continuing to a large extent when in reality it is still
Slavery is underestimated. People do not realize that slavery is still on-going, even after it was abolished in Britain in 1807 and America in 1865. The biggest difference to slavery in the 1700’s and 1800’s to now is that it was legal and provided money, which helped to set up many businesses and cities. Slaves were used in the past to work on plantations to make cotton and other goods. People had previously seen it as the right thing to do as they were saving the Africans from their backward lifestyles. Whereas today it is illegal and seen as a sort of underground black-market trade, where women are especially exploited and traded for sex. Another way in which slavery occurs today is …show more content…
Previously, people believed that slavery was a blessing to the African people, as traders were saving them from cannibalism and religion. Slavery was also accepted as it was a big money maker and it meant that cities could grow. So could businesses just from being involved in the slave trade. Also eventually everyone was involved somehow in the slave trade or knew people who were, and because everyone was involved it meant that it seemed right. After many years of hard work by abolitionists and attitudes eventually changing, people seen it as no longer right to treat other human beings this way and eventually it was abolished and made illegal. But people today don’t realize that slavery is still going on and is still quite high. This is because it is no longer documented on as it is seen as the elephant in the room and is seen to be quite a hard topic to bring up. People no longer realise it is still going and others are scared into not reporting cases of slavery. A big reason why slavery is still on-going today is because people do not realise that slavery is still on-going which means it can go unnoticed by society. People believe that as it is illegal it is no longer continuing to a large extent when in reality it is still