Question

Are there places in the world where slavery is more prevalent? What are the drivers of higher prevalence in different parts of the world ? Is poverty a root cause of slavery? If , would eliminating poverty eliminate slavery?

Answer 1

ANSWER- Slavery indicates injustice that is being carried out against humans since the 16th century. It is characterized as an inhuman practice of the past. In modern period slavery exists in the form of human trafficking, forced marriage etc. Below are some Countries where slavery is still a part of life.

1- India

2-China

3-Uzbekistan

4-Mauritania

Reasons for its higher prevelance in the world are-

(A)- Cheap labour

To keep profits high, farm owners wanted a cheap labour force and quickly to cultivate and process the crops. As a result the atlantic slave trade developed.

(B)-Racial discrimination

It refers to the discrimination against individuals on the basis of their skin,race or ethnic group.racial discrimination generally happens with africans as they were seen as more suited to work on the plantations.

(C)-Religious factors

It refers to following an ideology of a religion.The Church of England generally accepted the idea of slavery. It had links to the slave trade through the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and plantations in Barbados. Its slaves were branded on their chest with the word ‘society’. The Church of England supported laws not to educate slaves. In addition the Church was very much part of the state and therefore followed the political doctrine of those in power.

Poverty is the root cause of slavery upto some extent.

Eliminating poverty is a good approach for reducing slavery, but it solely can't eliminate slavery as a whole because many other factors are also responsible for this.

Political will, anti trafficking regulations etc are some additional factors which can help in eliminating slavery.