Slavery Still Exsists Today
Could you imagine yourself today as a slave? The horrid conditions that you would have to work in, repeatedly being whipped for not working hard enough, or even getting punished for no reason at all. Barely surviving off of the spoonfuls of grain that your master would give you to eat. Just thinking of these conditions that blacks once had to work in brings a sickening feeling to my stomach. But luckily, over a hundred years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery. Or did it? Surprisingly, slavery still exists in some countries today such as: Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is an astonishing figure, but there are still 200 million slaves in the world. I am here to tell you the facts on slavery still existing in today's society. Have you ever heard of chattel slavery? Chattel slavery is when a person becoming another person's property for their natural born life (R. Rebecca). This has become an ongoing problem in Sudan. It all started in past wars, which occurred in Sudan. Sudan kidnapped the other sides soldiers and innocent citizens! They are mostly used for farm labor, sex, and breeding. Slaves that are born from a chattel slave, become the pr
In the Dominican Republic, there are over 200,000 people placed into slavery. Slave merchants deceive people by promising them good jobs with wages. Unfortunately, it is just another lie to gain more people into slavery. These merchants sell them in the open market for around ten dollars. These unfortunate souls are sent to the sugar cane fields during harvest season. They are forced to cut cane around 6 to 8 months for about 13 hours a day (Siasoco). If the slave refuses to cut cane, the merchant resorts to violent measures, usually physical brutality. It is an unsettling feeling to know practices like these are still going on today. Before writing about this topic, I had no idea such a thing as slavery still existed in today's society. How can something like this be virtually unnoticed for so many years? These facts, although painful and hard to believe, are proof of the horrors that occur in the world. Most people still believe slavery was abolished with the Emancipation Proclamation, but the horrors of human beings in bondage still flourishes throughout the world today. operty of the person who owns the parents. Slaves are forbidden to go to mosque, receive an education, or even get married (R. Rebecca). In Sudan, there have been reports of as many as 90,000 black chattel sla
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