Sexual slavery

Author Salamishah Tillet’s article titled, “How ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Silences Black Women” (October 12, 2016) discusses how Nat Turner’s new movie confers the history of slavery and American revolutionaries but ignores the sexual abuse black women endured during slavery. Tillet’s use of different types of novels, narratives, films, and background knowledge to support her reasoning. Tillet’s purpose of writing this op-ed is to educate and inform readers the discomfort and overlooked…

Immigration Act of 1917 as the beginning of these exclusions, but Grace Pena Delgado argues that this exclusion began in the preceding decades. In her essay “Border Control and Sexual Policing: White Slavery and Prostitution along the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1903-1910”, Delgado explains how the border became a site of gender and sexual exclusion during this time period. These exclusionary policies began in the late nineteenth century and worked with the moral codes of the progressivists, who…

Throughout his narrative Douglass keeps telling the readers about the brutal conditions that female slaves were faced with. He illustrates the story of a slave named Henny, another horribly disfigured slave, who was unable to use her hands because she fell into a fire as a child. His master, unsure want to do with her decides that she should be released and go fend for herself. After Douglass’s mother is sold away his grandmother takes care of him. However suddenly his master Anthony dies and he…

Trafficking in persons is actually the modern-day version of slavery and exists in virtually every single country in the world - and the United States is no exception. In the U.S., almost 150 years after the 13th Amendment has abolished slavery and involuntary service, there are still men, women and children enslaved into labor and commercial sexual exploitation and bound to live life at its worst. Within past few years, global human trafficking dilemma has gained considerable attention not…

On August 27, 2014, six men were arrested for conducting a human trafficking ring in Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. (The Associated Press par 1). Of these men, only one, Ronald Provost of Foxboro, is native to Wisconsin; he was charged with child enticement (The Associated Press par 2). The other five men were arrested for prostitution (The Associated Press par 3). Human Trafficking, according to the advisers of the Do Something campaign, is using force to make people do…

“You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.” (Wilberforce). Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery or a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies people's freedom.(Polaris) Human traffickers target young children because of their vulnerability, lack of awareness, and the market demand. Urban Light is a movement that's dedicated to restoring, rebuilding, and empowering young men who are victims of abuse, exploitation, and human…

exploitation, forced labor, smuggling of undocumented immigrants or sexual slavery of women and defenseless children. Human trafficking is a world of horror that lies hidden in large urban areas of the country and where their inhabitants know little or give no consideration to the problem. Labor and sex trafficking are the most common forms of trafficking. Many believe that human trafficking has become a new form of modern slavery in today’s society.…

Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865. In 1981, over a hundred years later, Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery. Yet despite the abolishment of slavery, modern day slavery is still running strong and is worth over 150 billion dollars annually. Human trafficking is a breach on basic human rights and the exploitation of these people needs to stop. There are people leading the fight on this travesty, both domestically and internationally, and they are…

Imagine being whisk away on a cool bright afternoon from your house while you were just walking your dog, can you feel the urgency rising in your lungs and the milliseconds beats pressing against your chest? These are the effects of being introduce to human trafficking. Human trafficking is an international issue that has been concealed from the public, unless an incident erupted in the local region. Human trafficking is the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the…

and coercion. Two common types of human trafficking, that inhibit those characteristics are; forced labour and sexual exploitation. This essay will discuss who these victims are, and what procedures are in place to support these vulnerable people, as well as how the criminal justice system works to prevent human trafficking. It is unknown how…