Modern Day Slavery In America

Each year about 17,500 individuals are brought into the United States and become victims of human trafficking. Every country has this problem and it has become the 3rd largest illegal industry worldwide.

you probably believe that. There are approximately twenty to thirty million slaves in the world

It is sad but today people are being bought, sold, and smuggled like modern-day slavery plus it's happening not only in third world countries, but also in the United States. In the U.S Constitution the 13th Amendment states,“‘Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction”’ (A+E Networks,2015), which means the 13th amendment made slavery and involuntary servitude illegal everywhere in the United States. Human Trafficking can be limited by parental awareness to educate their own children to be safe. Human Trafficking also be limited by the government having stricter country and international

Slavery still exists. People living in extreme poverty, as 1.2 billion people worldwide are today, are extremely vulnerable to being exploited and enslaved, and they often don’t even know that the way they’re being treated is not okay (Giugale). Young kids may

Human trafficking, also known as modern-day slavery, is one of the most profitable crimes today. According to Polaris Project, “Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar crime industry that denies freedom to 20.9 million people around the world.” (Human) This is why learning about human trafficking in the United States is so important. Although, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States many people are still victims of being bought, sold, and abused. As citizens of the United States, we need to be aware of the issues we face as a country. Therefore, my research paper is for all citizens of the United States.

The services provided to victims of human trafficking are inadequate and inappropriate and they lack coordination and consistency (Gabriele, Sapoznik, Serojitdinov & Williams, 2014).

Over the past decades, slavery in America has significantly increased and curbed public freedom because American authorities and media have not dealt with the urgency of the issue. This has jeopardized human freedom. This increase is largely due to the import of foreign workers in the form of immigration and also home-bred slaves transported centuries ago from Africa. The increase is astonishing as the writer in The Slave Next Door asserts: “More than twice as many people are in bondage in the world today than were taken from Africa during the entire 350 years of the Atlantic slave trade. And we know that slavery is alive and more than well in the United States” (Kevin and Ron, 3). With twenty seven million people in bondage, slavery is

Slavery defined by The Abolition Project as a “condition in which individuals are owned by others, who control where they live and at what they work” still exists today (The Abolish Project, 2009). Even in America a country that is regarded as one of the wealthiest nations on the planet. In 2013, research done by ‘Washington post’ stated that there were at present more than 60,000 slaves in America from prostitution to child labour (Fisher, 2013). The United Nations estimates that there

“Eighteen thousand foreign nationals are trafficked annually in the United States, and the estimated number of U.S. citizens who are sold into slavery each year is

The two articles that I chose to explore are U.S Closing a Loophole on Products Tied to Slaves from, The New York Times, and Human trafficking survivor: ‘We need jobs, not pity’, from CNN.com. The article titled U.S Closing a Loophole on Products Tied to Slaves from, is about forced labor on Thai boats. Cambodian migrants, which included children that are enslaved and made to catch fish, which is then turned into pet food and sold to Americans. A man by the name of Lang Long was found shackled by the neck during his three years of captivity at sea. The problem is about 90 percent of seafood for humans and pet consumption in the United States is imported, so these sort of ships still exists in Thailand. President Obama will sign legislation

Sea Slaves by IAN URBINA talks about the hardships that and forced labor in the fish boating industry in Thailand. Throughout the article Urbina looks through the eyes of Ling Long and his journey through being a Sea Slave, working on fishing boats often being beaten and having his basic human rights taken away such as freedom and food. Ling Long is traded between boats as other captains use him for the same reasons, for forced labor. Urbina also takes a small look into other forced labor such as sex trafficking and discusses how these people get to where they are and how they become forced into it. People are simply looking for work which is easy to find but the hardships fully outweigh the benefits as these people end up working for scraps

Journalists in a review of the literature have shown that modern slavery is increasing in recent years within the United States. One journalist, Dougherty, points out that human trafficking is in, “Texas with African choir boys, in Oklahoma with Indian factory workers, in California with Asian women and children sold into prostitution, in Maryland with African servants kept as slaves by medical doctors and members of foreign embassies…..” Dougherty goes on to list three more states where similar such tragedies have occurred

Due to the large number of victims in the United States, in our daily lives we may come into contact with some of these victims without evening knowing it. On the surface they may look normal; they may look like people that you see every day. As those in the health care field we are often the only professionals to interact with trafficking victims who are still in captivity. (Dovydaitis, 2009) Victims of human trafficking have a variety of health issues associated with “deprivation of food and sleep, extreme stress, hazards of travel, violence (physical and sexual), and hazardous work.” The abuse they endure can result in broken bones, contusions, dental problems (e.g., loss of teeth), and multiple sexually transmitted diseases. Although many do not have access to healthcare, some victims may seek medical attention. Trafficking victims typically receive health care only when their condition becomes serious. (Sabella, 2011) This is why it is important for health care workers to be able indentifying victims of human trafficking. Most of them are silently calling out for help and identifying those in need can help save lives. This is why there must be awareness and guidelines if we are to help victims of human trafficking.

Many people associate human slavery and violations of human rights mainly with the Eastern Bloc and third world countries, but the United States is actually the largest market for slaves. Where in the 18th century a war was fought to banish

Forced labor in Asia has generated immense amounts of money for major corporations, directly in relation to limited government relation and low wages. In 2013, Thailand’s seafood industry generated 7.8 billion dollars, and Thai seafood headed for Europe was worth 717 million dollars. An hike in demand in the Thai seafood market has led to an increase in competition for fish, and then leads to faster production. Few people in Thailand were willing to work long hours for very little, so slave and forced labor ensued. Thailand does have laws to prevent slave labors, such as the Thai Anti-Trafficking in persons act of 2008 and Labor Protection Act of 1998 that were intended to stop human trafficking and give fair labor rights. Even with these rules, forced labor practices still occur (DiStasio). With hopes to stop Thai