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Let us work together to put an end to slave trade

Good morning everyone. I take this opportunity to address you on the issue that is currently facing the world yet many people are shying away from it. This is a topic that has long been avoided by many people because they are either afraid to annoy their masters or they do not know the value of their freedom of speech. As a person, you have to be aware that your freedom of speech must be utilized in such situations. You have to speak against any of the vices in society that might affect the lives of people. The fact that something does not affect your life does not necessarily mean that it is good. We have to stand against everything that affects the lives of human beings even if it does not affect use in one way or the other. The issue that we have to handle currently is slave trade.

From 1492 to date, there are hundreds of millions of Africans who have been transported from their continent to America with the sole purpose of getting cheap labor (Ralph, p200). The question that we have to ask ourselves is, is it right to transport the Africans against their will to be used as labor in the US? We have to ask ourselves whether Africans always accept to come and work in the country as labor or whether they are forced. The answer is pretty simple. Everyone knows that they are always forced to come into the country so that they can provide the cheap labor needed by the farmers. This is a practice that has to be condemned by all means if people are to enjoy the freedom they have. All human beings are equal and should therefore be allowed to rights and freedom just like any other human being.

Looking at slave trade from a business perspective, one can conclude that it is very lucrative as there are many farmers who made a lot of profits from the farming they did. The ‘slaves’ as they were called by their masters mainly worked on Tobacco and sugarcane plantations in north America and this led to an increase in the profits they made by a great margin. The more the profits they continued to make during this period, the more they felt the urge to come up with ways of getting more Africans into the country. They were always sure of getting cheap labor which would translate to higher profits for them. They have continued this practice and hence we can note that most states now have many Africans living there. All that they are doing is working on the farms against their wish because they were forcefully transported to this place (Faber, p10).

The reasons why slave trade should be abolished are so many but the first one that any normal human being will have to think about is the issue of human rights. Slave trade depicts the highest level of violation of human rights by those who claim to be supporters of human rights. Every human being has a right to chose what they want to do with their lives as long as it does not go against the law. They also have the right to refuse to go anywhere against their will. Is this the case for the slaves who have been brought into this country to work on the farms? Definitely it does not show any case of respect for human rights. They were forced into this country against their will. They were not asked whether they were interested in going to another country to be the required labor on the farms (Philip, p40).

This country has laws that should be followed by every person. The law that should definitely be followed by all people is the fact that it is important to respect the rights and freedoms of every person. Forcing people to work on the farms is not in any way showing respect for the rights of others. If we are to force people to do things against their wish then we cannot claim that we are a country that respects laws. We do not have respect for the same laws that we have made as a country. Black people that are brought into this country also have families that they left behind just to come and work here against their will (David, p40). They do not have any means of reaching out to their families and this is definitely affecting them psychologically.

Another reason why it is important that we abolish slave trade is the fact that it does not only affect their rights but also their health as humans. They are forced to work on the farms without any proper food and the conditions under which they work are harsh. There have been many cases of black people dying on the farms just because they were not well taken of. This shows that the farmers do not have any respect for black lives. They are forced to work on the farms even when they are tired and have not taken any proper meal. Like any other worker in this era, they are not given the freedom to socialize with other people freely (Roger, p30).

It is time that we should stand up against this vice once and for all. We have to put a stop to this practice that does not respect the lives of black people as well as their well-being as human beings.

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If slavery is to continue then we can rest assured that we are going to lose more Africans. We have to make every person feel what the Africans are feeling by being forced to work on the farms without any proper payment. The farmers have to stop and think about what they are doing to the Negroes who are also human beings just like them. They have to respect just like the whites have respect for fellow whites in the country. The problem can easily be solved if every person sits down and decided to do what is right. Being conscious means that people have to do the right things when dealing with other people. There are many people who do not show respect to others in this country and this should be something that should be addressed by any person who reasons correctly.

Coming up with ways of solving the problem that we have at hand is the topic that we should be discussing now. The practice if definitely wrong from every perspective and should not be allowed to continue in this country. It is the only way that we will be sure to regain the value of humanity and ensure that people respect each other.

Works cited

Austen, Ralph (1987). African Economic History: Internal Development and External Dependency. London: James Currey. ISBN 978-0-85255-009-0.

Anstey, Roger: The Atlantic Slave Trade and British Abolition, 1760–1810. London: Macmillan, 1975. ISBN 0-333-14846-0.

Curtin, Philip D. (1969). The Atlantic Slave Trade. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299054007. OCLC 46413.

Eli Faber (1998). Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade: Setting the Record Straight. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814728796., argues the role was minimal

Eltis, David: "The volume and structure of the transatlantic slave trade: a reassessment", William and Mary Quarterly (2001): 17-46. in JSTOR