John Newton S Life

Slavery is the ownership of human beings as property used for the purpose of unpaid labor; a slave can be bought and/or sold by his/her master for a price by his or her owner. Slaves were often exploited and treated very poorly and this was the case in British society as the slave trade was prominent and grew to dominate the Atlantic slave trade. The Atlantic slave was established during the mid-17th century. Ships would sail from Europe with a cargo of manufactured goods to the west coast of Africa. Upon arrival, these goods would be traded over a certain time period for captured slaves from African slave traders. Such slaves would be shipped to America or to the Caribbean. Slave was housed and shackled together in very tight quarters on the slave ships during there the voyage. The conditions were very bad and many slaves did not survive the voyage. There were many people that supported the salve trade and argued that slavery made very important contributions to the country’s economy and gave rise to consumerism in Britain. Nearing the end of the eighteenth century, supporter of human rights and equality began to campaign against slavery due to the serious moral and ethical dilemma associated with the practice of slavery. Leading statesmen who oppose the old constitution in the United State of America, argued that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; and that is was wrong in principle, socially, morally and politically. The slave trade at the time was so profitable for the people that were involved in it’s practiced, the Abolitionist, were opposed by a pro-slavery West Indian lobby. Those who supported slavery used propaganda to instill the importance of the slave trade to continue the business of slavery. In 1807, the British government passed an Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade throughout the British Empire, the practice of slavery abolished under the law in 1838 throughout British colonies, such as the West