Against Slavery In Africa

Slavery is a significant part and issue of history, it has been for years. Up to this day, in several countries slavery is abolished yet in other countries it is not. Or so it is said to be against the law but the reality is that, it is known there are other practices that just have a different name but it is the exact same thing as slavery. (Dixon, 2013 para. #5) the main country we will be focusing on is Africa because it is one of the most populated countries with enslaved people still today. Africa is a country which is still struggling with the slavery issue. (Dixon, 2013 par # 7) On this commentary we will be focusing on one of the regions in Africa which is Mauritania, discussing on the issue of slavery, what other countries have an existence of slavery, and what other forms of slavery exist. Slavery was a common practice for many Africans. Africa was significantly affected by the world slavery trade system. Slavery was seen different in Africa than in the United States, because in the U.S. it was all about ethnic groups, mistreating them and forcing them to do so much labor. In Africa all types of ethnicities could become and be treated as slaves, be a property and it also depended into what type of society you were born into, such as they express, it depended on your luck. (Wright, 2000 para #1) Slaves and slave owners in Africa were often both black Africans and as well as other races but it wasn’t like compared to the Americas where mainly white and the rich owned the slaves most of the time. Slaves were commonly wanted for war, and also because the more slaves you had the more land you would get, it depended if you had enough laborers if they were going to give you this amount of land. Very well-known, back then you were recognized wealthy by how much land you owned, and who wouldn’t strive for that back in the day. (Wright, 2000 para #3) Africans took the Slavery and kinship very seriously. The more connections you had, you were actually considered and worthy person. Africa distributed slaves all around the world. Every time the count was more than a million slaves traded, and shipped off as far as possible, to avoid their escape and where people constantly paid for slaves. (Wright, 2000 sec. III) According to history slavery in Africa came to an end when the economy went down on slavery trade in the 19th century due to the Western world abolishing slavery. Countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France and even Brazil in 1888. By the 20th century slavery trade came to an end. (Wright, 2000 para #10) Even though many countries have outlawed slavery, there are still countries who practice it. As mentioned before, some of these countries still practice slavery today, which for example are, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These countries are some of the top ten that have more than three quarters of their approximate 29.8 …show more content…
(Hume, 2013 para #4) Mauritania was the last country to abolish slavery. (Sutter, 2012) Slavery was banished for more than 20 years ago, international agreements were signed against slavery and child labor yet, the government form Mauritania denies the issue happening even though they practice it one form or another. (Watson, 2001 para #1) The government passed a law in 2007 making slavery a crime, up to this day it is in record that only one case has been successfully prosecuted, only one of all the population where 340,000 to 680,000 people are enslaved. (Sutter, …show more content…
No matter the impact it has had on defining African life as we know it, slavery must be abolished for human rightsl
Currently slavery is still an issue in parts of the world, when it is supposed to be gone. Having countries who still practice slavery, and not having the understanding that slavery is wrong it is insane. Other forms of slavery exist even though they decide to not call it that when it is the exact same thing. Africa is one of the countries with the most enslaved people today, Mauritania being one of the top ten regions with enslaved people today, life in Mauritania is unbelievable with so much slavery going on, and Mauritania has slavery so entrenched that it is known to be “Slavery’s last