Information On Slave Trade In America

By Leslie Ball


Three centuries ago in the United States there started a very popular and inhumane trade of workers. Slave trade in America was done by many people by shipping people from Africa to America so that they can work in their farms without pay. It is hard to understand how these people managed to get through these times. Some say they were just loyal while others say they were docile because they never managed to resist the American rule.

There are several historians who have written about this matter. Some of them believe that the Negros were obedient individuals and this is the reason why they were burdened for a long span of time while others believe they were too unwise to be capable of devising effective methods of freeing themselves. Most try hard to comprehend the real reason for these people being burdened for such an extended span of time.

The slaves were subjugated to a lot of harsh treatments by their masters for nearly two and a half centuries a time that many people consider too long to live in oppression. However, with time more people started to rise against the slave masters and the cases of slaves killing their masters started to rise. Many people still did not have enough courage to form successful rebellion associations.

After more times of oppression the workers could not take this anymore and they were determined to form revolutions. In the 1900s, there were more than thirty different revolutions by the slaves to get away from their rulers. For a revolt to be categorized as a revolution it should be made up of more than10 slaves and their key objective should be finally getting back their liberty. These became very prevalent after the cruelty had become too severe for the slaves to bear.

Although the slaves in the past centuries managed to free themselves, there is still some form of slavery that continues in modern day America. There are millions of people who live in slavery today but they do not know of ways in which they can completely free themselves from the oppression they are experiencing. The following are some of the things that have to be done to completely end the modern day slavery.

The first thing to be done is to increase the awareness of the public to the slavery that is taking place. Many people are currently not aware of the slavery that is available in modern world hence they have no way of helping. Increasing awareness will help more people to get committed in this fight

A lot of reserves are required if there is hope of pursuing the fight against slavery. So as to get the much needed resources there is a need for various governments to verify their commitment for this fight. They may also form very harsh sentences for people tangled in slavery to dishearten people from working in this trade.

If people try to take individual action to fight this crime then it will be easier to completely eradicate it. The people in the future generations will only hear of slavery but they will never get to see it actually happening.




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