Project Synopsis

With my research paper I am looking at the comparison and contradiction of human trafficking and Colonial slavery in Europe. There are many things that are different and then there are many things that are the same between these two different things that happened at very different time periods. Some of the things that are different are the ways that they got to the places that they are going. The things that they experienced, what the public view of the situation is, and how they were able to get out of the situation that they were placed into.

The first thing that I talked about in my paper is exactly how these slaves got to these new places to live out the rest of their lives in hell. For the colonial times there were people that took these many Africans on ships and transported them that way to these new places. There are two different slave trades that occurring during the time of African slavery and I look into both of them and how they are both very much the same and at the same time they are different in their own little ways. The Mediterranean and the Atlantic slave trade also happened in different time periods but because they are dealing with the same kind of slavery you can kind many similarities and differences. When it comes to human trafficking it is not that easy. During the colonial times slavery was considered legal for many years. But human trafficking from the beginning was considered illegal which means that many have to hide and the best way to hide your “merchandise” is to drive to these other countries from the places that you picked up the girls from.

The next thing that I talked about in my paper is the experience that the many different slaves went through. Every slave is going to have different experiences but at the same time they are going to have the same. The difference that they have is where they were, if they worked on a field, in the house, or on a ship. The other thing that is different is whether they were female or male. That made the difference if they were going to be the personal slaves of their male master or if they were just going to be the slave of their masters’ children. The things that made them the same were the kinds of punishment that they got and the way they were overall treated.

The next thing that I talked about is how they got out of this experience and live the rest of their lives. Of course the information that I am using is coming from slaves that were able to get out of the situation that they were in but many were not that lucky. There were many people that were not able to tell their story to others because they would die before they could see the better part of life once again. For all of them getting out of the situations that they were in was not easy no matter what the time period was. The most common for both of the time periods was them running away but the difference is how they ran away and got away from these people that were doing harm to them.

Another thing that is easy to compare is the way that the public views what is going on around them. During the colonial times the people were more accepting to the things that were going on around them especially if were where a white person living in Europe. When it comes to human trafficking today it is not that easy. From the beginning governments have been trying to stop human trafficking and the things that it is doing to people. Governments and even religious groups are doing everything that they can in order to stop this.

With the last thing that I talk about is how colonial slavery ended and looking at all the things that are the same and different then we can look at how people or organizations can end human trafficking forever even though it is not that easy. Colonial Slavery didn’t end in one day. It was ended over many years and after many people fought for it. When it comes to human trafficking it is very different. These people are being sold for sex which is something that is not going to go away any time soon.