Slavery In The 19th Century

The 19th century was a time where dehumanizing those seen as helpless was conventional, and now, two centuries later, this act has become even more dangerous and problematic. Statistics show that there’s an estimate of 27-29.8 million people enslaved in the world today (10 Statistics on Slavery Today). This number has increased dramatically over the past few years, and many people are working hard to put an end to these illegal acts. Slavery has played an extremely large role in the formation of the USA, and there are still many events occurring frequently that prove America hasn’t changed too much, even after all of these years; the enslavement of human beings is still alive, now more than ever. Slavery has impacted our nation greatly ever
Statistics show that even though African Americans are free men, a multitude of them are still seen as, and treated as, enslaved beings by society. According to the NAACP, the rate of incarcerated African Americans is six times as many as the rate of incarcerated whites. The NAACP also provided the fact that both African Americans and Hispanics make up 58% of prisoners in the US. Both of those facts provide evidence when saying America still deals with extremely large cases of racism, which is one of the main stems off of
One type of modern day slavery is sex trafficking. This kind of slavery is unfortunately very common throughout the world, and has been in the rising throughout all 50 states in the US. In the United States alone, it is estimated that there are 1.5 million victims of sex trafficking, 300,00 of those people being under the age of eighteen (Child Trafficking Statistics). Forced child labor also plays a big role in modern slavery, as well as bonded slavery. Bonded slavery is common for those who can’t afford to pay back loans. The head person then makes a deal, saying they’ll allow the person to work in order to pay off what they borrowed. Modern day slavery isn’t as easy to see as it was two centuries ago, but it does still