Slavery In 21st Century America

21th century American is the definition of free world. The citizens of the country have the freedom to do almost everything. They have freedom of speech, freedom to go anywhere anytime, take any job, they can wear anything they like, chose to life anywhere they want. However, today’s American wasn’t always like this. Today’s America was built of greed and unethical acts. Until late 1800 century, Americans were allow to have slaves. At that time slaves were people of color, mostly black people shipped from Africa to work for White Americans. When Europeans started to migrate to America, they decided to build this country from ground up. However it was a lot of labor work and easier said than done. To make their life easier, they decided to bring black people from Africa to work for them. White Americans believed that black people were sent by God to work as a slave. In today’s free America when someone decides to take a job, they are offered a wage or salary, different kinds of work benefits and different work perks. However, when slaves were working they got almost nothing. Their living conditions were worse
It is something they feel proud of and can brag about. However, rights is something slaves did not have. Before the Civil War nearly 4 million slaves were brought into America. It may not sound like a huge number but back than it was a lot of people. Slaves were sold like objects. Slaves were going home with the highest bidder. Skinny, unfit or short men were cheaper as it was assumed they will not able to perform as good as a fit, tall slave. After the slaves were brought, they were branded or sealed using hot iron. So that even if the slaves tried to run away, they could be found easily. Slaves who did not have brands or sealed on them tried to run away. However, they were captured and sold again. People who had slaves were protected by the law. In 18th century, slaves were a personal