Why Slavery Should Be Banned

"I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." (Abraham Lincoln, 1809) Today, slavery is usually forgotten that it exists among societies, but in different shapes and not like the past. As an example, one of the most irritating problems in the world is human trafficking and people tend to not pay attention to it. So, there are no laws to ban human trafficking. That’s why slavery should be strictly banned and laws need to be strictly applied because of the fact that there is an increase in violent criminals,

special envoy on human trafficking, the main factor in human trafficking is the increasing demand of cheap labor workers Labor workers that are migrated from other countries surely mean cheaper wages which means cheaper productions which means cheaper products for the customer. But, slavery in general opposes the human rights which was declared by the U.N. Slavery takes many shapes in today’s life like, human trafficking and women and children prostitution which can be put under the category of “Modern Day Slavery” as stated by Orlando Patterson, a sociologist in Harvard university. The problem with prostitution is that a huge percentage of the prostitutes are 18 or younger, which means they can’t take care of themselves or stand up for themselves. Take for example Thailand, They have about 800,000 to 2 million prostitutes. If these numbers keep increasing that will only mean one thing for the society, which is violence, crimes and a morally destroyed

The declaration of independence by Thomas Jefferson states that all men are equal and no one is superior to another. That’s why slavery should be banned as slavers treat slaves as animals not humans, which shows that they have no feelings or emotions. In fact those who are involved in slavery should not be allowed to continue their lives because they are destroying others’ lives and they only think about themselves. A lot of parts in the world believe in something called karma which means that no one will be forgotten from judgement. All actions will have consequences sooner or later, which strengthens the decision to forbid human trafficking and slavery of all