How Did Slavery Changed Over Time

Slavery, from the eighteenth century, has changed drastically to the present time. The main change I have researched is treatment, which is what I am doing my paper over. When slaves were brought to Jamestown the had no knowledge of their own birthday or background. The masters kept it that way, and gave them no sense of knowledge making sure they would stay “dumb”. In parts of the colonies it was made sure that the children were separated from their parents at a young age. Frederick Douglass was at a young age when he watched his aunt get whipped for leaving to see a young man after being told not to. The sight of watching his aunt get whipped and blood going everywhere, he claimed, was horrifyingly memorable. Slaves were treated as though
they were property, and not equal to whites.
The masters normally had overseers to watch them and if the overseers did something the master did not like, he would punish the overseer. Some masters we called “kind masters” because they would let the slave do certain things, like, go out to see their children during day light but had to be back on the plantation before dawn the next morning to work. (Source: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave.) The men and women slaves, as their monthly allowance of food, received eight pounds of pork, or its equivalent in fish, and one bushel of corn meal. Their yearly clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, like the shirts, one jacket, one pair of trousers for winter, one pair of stockings, and one pair of shoes. The children unable to work in the field had neither shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year. When these failed them, they went naked until the next allowance-day. (Source: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave.) Slaveowners frequently discussed the care and feeding of slaves among themselves and within southern agricultural journals. It is clear that deliberations
focused on working slaves. One planter stated that "a negro deprived of a meat diet is not able to endure the labor that those can perform who are liberally supplied with it." Others usually stated allowances of meat, corn, and other foods in terms of working or laboring hands. If children were mentioned at all, they usually received "proportionally less." (Source: A Peculiar Population: The Nutrition, Health, and Mortality of American Slaves from Childhood to Maturity) “Worldwide, it's estimated that there are 4.5 million victims of sex trafficking.” The United States is a source, transit and destination country for sex trafficking victims. Trafficked men, women and children are typically taken to brothels, escort services, massage parlors, strip clubs or hotels and are prostituted on the streets or forced to participate in pornography. Americans may also be trafficked within the U.S. or sent to other industrialized states such as the Netherlands, Germany and Japan. Supply and demand have increased through the years partially due to the internet and the ease with which traffickers and customers can discreetly complete a transaction. Traffickers utilize social media, dating sites and online advertisements to market minors and trafficked victims. The U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act defines sex trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of an individual who under force, fraud or coercion is induced to perform a commercial sex act. At the core, sex trafficking is characterized by sexual exploitation through force, fraud or coercion. (Source: End Slavery Now, Slavery Today, Sex Trafficking) “The Central Intelligence Agency estimates that United States receives an estimated 50,000 people, annually, who are victims of this illegal trade.” 'Human Trafficking, Human Misery', a book written by Alexis Aronowitz, states that an estimated 80% victims of trafficking are sexually exploited, abused or forced into prostitution as most victims are young women and children. Such a victim probably might have to cater to anywhere between 8 to 15 clients in a day. The use of sexual protection is negligible in this industry, leaving the exploited at a high risk of contracting various sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS that they further pass on to the men and their partners. The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons leads the United States' global engagement against human trafficking, an umbrella term used to describe the activities involved when someone obtains or holds a person in compelled service.
Secretary Tillerson (Sept. 14): "The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce a groundbreaking $25 million award to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery for transformational programs around the world to reduce the prevalence of modern slavery, also known as human trafficking." January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Each year during this month, people and organizations around the nation recommit to assisting victims of human trafficking and to combating it in all its forms. The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons leads the United States' global engagement against human trafficking and supports the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts across the U.S. government. These efforts include forging partnerships with foreign governments, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector to develop and implement effective strategies for confronting modern slavery. The “3P” paradigm – prosecution, protection, and prevention – continues to serve as the fundamental framework used around the world to combat human trafficking. The U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons employs a range of
diplomatic and programmatic tools to advance the 3P paradigm worldwide. In addition, a “fourth P” –partnership – serves as a complementary means to achieve progress across the 3Ps and ensure all segments of society are enlisted in the fight against modern slavery. The U.S. governments responds: combating human trafficking requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary effort. Within government, this means the participation and coordination among agencies with a range of responsibilities that include criminal enforcement, labor enforcement, victim outreach and services, public awareness, education, trade policy, international development and programs, immigration, intelligence, and diplomacy. Coordinated federal efforts that incorporate state, local, and tribal entities, the private sector, civil society, survivors, religious communities, and academia are essential to an integrated response to human trafficking that leverages resources and amplifies results. In the United States, federal agencies work to ensure a whole-of-government approach to address all aspects of human trafficking. (Source: U.S. Department of State, Diplomacy in Action)