Argue The Wrongfulness Of Slavery In The 21st Century

In the 21st century we have millions of people living with the constant uncertainty of waking up tomorrow. They are not dying of old age - their life has just begun, they are not living with cancer – their life expectancy is much shorter, but they are amongst the 27 million men, women and children involved in the impoverished slave trade.
As an ambassador for anti-slavery, I Emma Smith, do not need to argue the wrongfulness of slavery for, as stated by Fredrick Douglass in 1852, “there is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven who does not know that slavery is wrong”. On numerous occasions I have witnessed the horror firsthand. I have watched as the statistics continue to exponentially increase. And I have inevitably visited the graves of
The slavery industry is growing however, this is one industry which must not benefit from growth. You have heard the statistics and you have heard the facts but now is the time for change. No longer can countries, such as Africa, continue to economically exploit the vulnerable and companies must not resort to the use of child slave labour in order to keep prices competitive. I have called for change and I can now only hope that this will be achieved. Thank you for your time and I plead that the next time you take a bite from your favourite chocolate bar do not think of the taste nor the calories but think of the lives that have been lost to produce the product held in your own hands.
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