I have learned so much from writing this blog, it really opened my eyes. I see that slavery still is a huge issue.
I guess people don't care about slavery that much because it isn't as terrible as it once was. I think people need to spread the word on slavery and how they can help. What you can do right now is just tell people about slavery. It really helps.
Monday, June 15, 2015
NGOs (5)
Anti-Slavery
Free the Slaves has freed 2,265 slaves, and 1,281 government officials trained on how to fight slavery. They also got 163 traffickersand and slave holders arrested.
There are many organization helping put an end to slavery!
Anti-Slavery is fighting to end all types of slavery.
Free the Slaves
There are many organization helping put an end to slavery!
Monday, June 8, 2015
Just a little update
This isn't going to be one of my blog post for marks. I just wanted to say that I got some of my friends to do the slavery quiz and some of the results were: 52, 66, 55, 44.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
How many slaves work for you? (4)
Alright, if you take this quiz: http://slaveryfootprint.org/
It will tell you how many slaves work for you. What this means is that this quiz will ask thing like: How many electrics do you own? How many shirts do you? How much meat do you eat? Things like that. I got 60, 60 slaves work for me. That quiz was a huge eye opener.
Now to the blog. Slavery still has a impact on black families across the world. Here are seven ways that slavery has left a giant impact.
1. Broken families- We all know that blacks that were enslaved were not given the chance to see or talk to their families. They were property, they were not allowed to legally marry. Any permanent family wasn't a common things for enslaved people.
2. Illiteracy- Children that were slaves were not given the option of school. It was illegal to teach black slaves to read or write.
3.Broken Traditions - The slave trade broke up husbands, children, and wives by selling them to different families. That was one way the slave trade broke traditions.
4. Unpaid workforce- This plain,old unpaid labour. Slaves would work early in the morning until late at night. The women usually would return to work shortly after giving birth. The women would run to the fields to feed their children.
5.Mortality Rate- More than half of the infants died before the age of one. The black mortality rate was almost double that of the white people.
6. Broken Legacy- When the slaves' owner would die all of the slave families were broken. Or when the owner's kids grew up and moved away, they would often take some of the slaves with them.
7.Rape of women- The slave women were always being raped by white men. There was no law against this abuse. A black woman's body was not her own. It was passed from one white person to the next, it was sold.
It will tell you how many slaves work for you. What this means is that this quiz will ask thing like: How many electrics do you own? How many shirts do you? How much meat do you eat? Things like that. I got 60, 60 slaves work for me. That quiz was a huge eye opener.
Now to the blog. Slavery still has a impact on black families across the world. Here are seven ways that slavery has left a giant impact.
1. Broken families- We all know that blacks that were enslaved were not given the chance to see or talk to their families. They were property, they were not allowed to legally marry. Any permanent family wasn't a common things for enslaved people.
2. Illiteracy- Children that were slaves were not given the option of school. It was illegal to teach black slaves to read or write.
3.Broken Traditions - The slave trade broke up husbands, children, and wives by selling them to different families. That was one way the slave trade broke traditions.
4. Unpaid workforce- This plain,old unpaid labour. Slaves would work early in the morning until late at night. The women usually would return to work shortly after giving birth. The women would run to the fields to feed their children.
5.Mortality Rate- More than half of the infants died before the age of one. The black mortality rate was almost double that of the white people.
6. Broken Legacy- When the slaves' owner would die all of the slave families were broken. Or when the owner's kids grew up and moved away, they would often take some of the slaves with them.
7.Rape of women- The slave women were always being raped by white men. There was no law against this abuse. A black woman's body was not her own. It was passed from one white person to the next, it was sold.
There are so many more effects that slavery has left.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Modern Day Slavery? (3)
Contemporary Slavery (Modern slavery)
Also known as institutions of slavery that are still happening in the present day. These institutions are estimated up to $35 billion dollars made. The United Nations think that around 27 to 30 million people are right now caught in the industry of slave trade. Then the 2014 Global Slavery Index comes and says that they got data from 167 countries. Unfortunately, 35.8 million people are reportedly enslaved worldwide. 14 million of those are in India.
Also known as institutions of slavery that are still happening in the present day. These institutions are estimated up to $35 billion dollars made. The United Nations think that around 27 to 30 million people are right now caught in the industry of slave trade. Then the 2014 Global Slavery Index comes and says that they got data from 167 countries. Unfortunately, 35.8 million people are reportedly enslaved worldwide. 14 million of those are in India.
Both numbers are pretty high. To help you it is 1 in every 280 people.
Slavery comes in 5 most common forms:
Domestic Servitude: Working in private homes, forced to serve and not be able to leave. It is sort of like being a maid but you can't say no or you can't leave.
Sex Trafficking: Children, men and women are either forced/ held against their will and/or manipulation into the sex industry.
Forced Labour: being forced to work under the threat or actual violence, for no pay. These types of slaves are thought of as property, and are abused to make product for their "master" to sell.
Bonded Labour: Individuals are compelled to work to repay a debt. They are not allowed to leave until the debt is paid.
Child Labour: Any slavery of a child. It could be sex trafficking, domestic servitude, bonded labour or forced labour.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Slavery in the Caribbean (2)
Slavery was the worst in the Caribbean and the States. Usually when someone says "The Caribbean" you think of this beautiful island. It is hard to believe that a lovely place like that once was a nightmare.
Blacks were taken from their home, taken from everything. Slaves were taken on a ship, leaving their families behind. They were beaten, and chained. The black slaves were from Africa and they were also bought. Slaves in the Caribbean were demanded to plant and make sugar canes and other crops for the triangle trade. The Americas were the cause of this demand.
People would sail from Europe, they would first stop in Africa and they would trade weapons, metal, liquor, etc. Then they would go to Caribbean and the slaves would trade rum, salt, sugar cane and other naturally grown thing on the islands.
In 1518, Spain licensed Portuguese traders to ship slaves directly from Africa to the Americas and the first ship load came that year.
Blacks were taken from their home, taken from everything. Slaves were taken on a ship, leaving their families behind. They were beaten, and chained. The black slaves were from Africa and they were also bought. Slaves in the Caribbean were demanded to plant and make sugar canes and other crops for the triangle trade. The Americas were the cause of this demand.
People would sail from Europe, they would first stop in Africa and they would trade weapons, metal, liquor, etc. Then they would go to Caribbean and the slaves would trade rum, salt, sugar cane and other naturally grown thing on the islands.
In 1518, Spain licensed Portuguese traders to ship slaves directly from Africa to the Americas and the first ship load came that year.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Slavery in Canada (1)
This hits close to home. Literally. Some of the slaves in Canada were African but, most were Aboriginal. Aboriginal groups practiced slavery in Canada's geography. There wasn't much Canadian trade with the African slaves.
The native nations enslaved their rivals, they were bought by a nation colony (Colonial Administrators) this continued until 1833.
In 1833, across the British Empire slave trade was formally put to an end.
Canada's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade was small. Slavery in Canada was usually overcast by the violent slavery in other places in the Americas. Most of the intense slavery was in the colonial Caribbean and American South. Afua Cooper says that slavery is, "Canada's best kept secret, locked within the National Closet."
The native nations enslaved their rivals, they were bought by a nation colony (Colonial Administrators) this continued until 1833.
In 1833, across the British Empire slave trade was formally put to an end.
Canada's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade was small. Slavery in Canada was usually overcast by the violent slavery in other places in the Americas. Most of the intense slavery was in the colonial Caribbean and American South. Afua Cooper says that slavery is, "Canada's best kept secret, locked within the National Closet."
Monday, May 18, 2015
Purpose and Explanation
Okay, first things first let's explain what slavery is: you are a slave, and not treated like a person but, as property. Slaves were bought, and/or traded.
Slavery isn't happening as much as it did. It is mostly happening in Russia, India, and China. Fortunately, it isn't happening as much as it once did.This is just the intro into slavery, next post will be a little bit of history on slavery.
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