Slavery

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Slavery

• What is a slave?
• History
• Modern slavery
• Different types of slavery today

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What is a slave?

• A Slave is forced to work for an 'employer'
• They are often humans of a different nationality,
  religion or race than the dominant group
• They are treated like property, bought and sold
• Treatment is often inhuman
• They have no freedom to move

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History

• Slavery in the US started in 1618, but it was
  illegal
• The first slaves were brought to Virginia by
  British settlers
• Soon they realized that Africans are good workers
  because of their dark skin
• In 1641 the first law to own a slave was
  introduced in Massachusetts
• In 1712 slaves started the first revolt and other
  revolts followed but they were not effective
• In 1808 it was forbidden to import African slaves
  but smuggling continued
• In 1861 a Civil war had begun and America was
  divided into two parts The North, against
  slavery and the South, supporting slavery
• In 1865 slavery was forbidden but discrimination
  of the blacks and slavery still goes on ...

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Modern Slavery

• Slavery still exists today despite the fact that
  slavery is prohibited1 in most of the countries
• During 2001, at least 700,000 and potentially as
  many as 4 million men, women and children
  worldwide were slaves
• Women are bound in prostitution
• Children are trafficked3 between West African
  countries and they also have to fight and work,
  for example, in factories
• Men are forced to work (on plantations etc.)
• For example in Brazil, some rich great land
  owners force poor people to work on their fields
  without payment

Vocabulary 1. prohibited verboten 2.
Abolition Aufhebung 3. trafficked gehandelt
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Different Types of Slavery Today

• Early and forced marriage affects women and girls
  who are married without choice and they are
  forced to live like a slave.
• Forced labour affects people who are illegally
  recruited by individuals, governments or
  political parties and forced to work -- usually
  under threat of violence or other penalties.
• Slavery by descent means that people are either
  born into a slave class or are from a 'group'
  that society views as suited to being used as
  slave labour.
• Trafficking is the transport or trade of women,
  children and men from one area to another to
  force them to work as a slave
• Worst forms of child labour affects an estimated
  179 million children around the world in work
  that is harmful to their health and welfare.

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Pictures
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This was a presentation by Till
Raderschatt and Marcel Niehage