Do you think slavery Is right?

Did you know that slavery has been around for 1000’s of years? After the Greeks and Romans invaded Britain taking people for slaves. William Wilberforce fought to stop slavery in the British Parliament in the 1800’s before that this created enormous vast wealth too many countries.

It was a fact that slavery was increased the trade and produce of the country this was possible because it could cost only £350 to buy a slave which would then bring the employer much wealth. Due to the free labour they bought slaves to do their work for them.

The pro-slavery lobby used many reasons and excuses to defend the trade and show how important it was for Britain. For example:- Mr Norris put the argument forward  to Parliament in 7177 that the African slaves were unfit for any other work and he also stated, that the slaves were not ill-treated unless they were rebellious and that the conditions on the ship were of a good standard. Another argument used to keep slavery going, was that the slavery in Africa was going to keep happening and was far worse than the transatlantic slave trade. Therefore the slaves were better off in other countries.

All of these comments were lies to keep the slavery trade in business as many captains and plantation owners benefited from the trade and didn’t want to lose the power influence that they had gained. The anti- slavery lobbyists used many reasons to stop slavery in Britain and it took many years for them to understand the reasons for change.

Abi Y6