TAKE A STAND ON SLAVERY

Introduction

Slavery is a principle law that allows human beings to be classified as property. This means that they can be sold, owned and bought accordingly and they have no right to withdraw unilaterally from any form of agreement. An enslaved person works within the regulated customs and laws that are in a particular time or place[1]. Slavery is considered unlawful because it violates human rights. They are forced to work without their consent and they have no powers to terminate any agreement. Slavery goes a long way as it involves human trafficking and forces marriages to the extreme “it was a brutal vice and a crime that disgraced humanity”[2].

African-American such as the Negros were considered to be slaves. This is evident from the way the children were treated since birth.  Their children were considered as lunatic “a negro child was not governed as a child but rather a criminal”[3]. The Negros were considered improvident and they were not accumulated in their youthful ages[4]. They were considered as an “insufferable burden to the community”[5]. This goes against human rights as the society had the option to prevent this and stop slavery. They were considered inferior because of their race by the white people. This made the Negros live a very poor life as they were subject to unfair and outwitted competition. The whites considered that the Negros were mad and they were supposed to be treated as slaves to make money for the whites.

The force of driving slavery out in America was strong. This was for the better of the nation and the human as a whole. There were trying to abolish the way the Negros were treated. This included cruelty, anger, neglect and punishment that came along. There was the abuse of power on the Negros as they were considered as “submissive knee-benders”[6]. They were denied the comforts and the necessity of life. This scare the Negros and their urge to run away increase with gradually. This had to be stopped because there were abuses both physically and emotionally and they were never heard or listened to. They were supposed to submit without questioning[7]. The Negros came together and they were ready to run away. The gains the slave masters got started to decline and due to this, there was a need to stop slavery.

The emancipated slaves had the right to remain on the American soil. This is because of the injustices they were subjected to[8]. They had the right to choose whether to go back to their native country or remain on the American soil. At any one point, the slaves should not have to be considered as a burden to the economy because initially they were generating income for their masters who in return translate growth to the economy. These slaves were forcefully ejected from their country and they were separated from their families. This means that evicting them again from the American soil will pose a great threat to humanity due to the cruelty. They are supposed to be treated kindly, be well fed and clothed.

A civilized society is seen by men as a place where practices such as slavery are considered illegal and they are not practiced[9]. Every human despite the race or religion is entitled to freedom and they are not discriminated because of where they are from. This means that they are society such as the anti-slavery organization that promulgates the enslavement of humans to the American people. There is liberty and one can pursue happiness as strive freely without oppressing other. A civilized society is where one can live a better and a desirable life with rights, truth, and justice.

 The abolitionists of slavery made great remarks as to why it should be abolished “they should enjoy either intellectual or physical pleasure and release them from physical suffering”[10]. It was in purity and great earnestness of zeal to free slavery[11].  They considered slavery as evil where humans were rejected and oppressed. Carnal weapons were used on them and they were treated in a very inhuman way, the abolitionists considered. They were to be delivered from the bondage through God who seemed to pull only the strongholds. They had poor standard of living, their children had no access to basic education and they were treated as criminals[12]. Their life was a pity as they work hard and for long hours with cruel masters who never cared of their pleas “worked at reduced wages, thrown out of employment, were greatly damaged and distressed and ready to starve”[13].

Both slavery proponents and abolitionists had a different view of slaves and what they should be subject to, how they should be treated and what should be done to them in case they disobeyed their masters. In my own opinion slavery is inhuman and should not have been allowed to take place[14]. The human slaves were subjected to suffering which they never chose for themselves. They were seen as property which should not be the case with any human despite the race or religion. Racial prejudice is evident and is reflected by both slavery proponents and abolitionists as they cataloged the symptoms and the manifestation of slavery due to characteristics in the human slaves. This included fear, intolerance, segregation, separation, hatred and discrimination.

Conclusion

Slavery poses more harm than good to humans. This is because they are considered as property, bonded labor, subjected to forced labor, forced marriages and also increases rates of dependence. Every human is entitled to freedom and rights that enable them to make a decision without being influenced. Human slavery is not only an outdated practice as also a great threat to humanity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Fitzhung George 1970; "The Universal Law of Slavery," Foresman and Company, Illinois

  Dr. Cartwright 1967 Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race AMS Press, Inc. New York

Ruffin, Edmund.  1963 The Political Economy of Slavery. in McKitrick, Eric L.. ed. Slavery         Defended: The Views of the Old South. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall/Spectrum            Books.

Walker David 1995 except from the appeal Hill and Wang, New York,

 Douglass Frederick 1852; What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Chicago: Lawrence Hill,

Garrison W l 1852 Declaration Of Sentiments Of The American Anti-Slavery Convection;             Boston: R.             F. Wallcut.

Hammond H J 1858 The Mudsill Theory Retrieved from;      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3439t.html

 

 

 

 

[1] Fitzhung George 1970

[2] Fitzhung George 1970

[3] Fitzhung George 1970

[4]  Dr. Cartwright 1967

[5] Fitzhung George 1970

[6] Dr. Cartwright 1967

[7] Douglass Frederick 1852

[8] Ruffin, Edmund.  1963

[9] Garrison W l 1852

[10] Ruffin, Edmund.  1963

[11] Walker David 1995

[12] Hammond H J 1858

[13] Ruffin, Edmund.  1963

[14] Fitzhung George 1970