Introduction
Slavery is purely the use of human labor without proper remuneration for personal gain. In light of this, black families were for a long time accustomed to slavery by the whites in America leading to racial discrimination. Slavery tore kinship ties apart thanks to the separation of parents and children as they headed into slavery. Additionally, slavery contributed to population decline due to the denial of conjugal rights by slave masters. For instance, the act of slavery denied slaves the opportunity to marry and have families. On the other hand, emancipation encompasses the variety of efforts put in place to realize political and equality rights in any given society.
Effects slavery had on Black families before emancipation
Emancipation came as a God-sent solution to the increased slavery effects on black families as propagated by their masters. Slavery contributed heavily to black families’ extinction per se. This was as a result of denial to procreate and have families by their masters. This thus ensured that they did not exercise their biological rights. Also, slavery had immense effects on the economic strength of the slaves since most of the human labor that they provided was not amicably remunerated thus crippling their developments.
Moreover, slavery on black families triggered racial discrimination to the extent that anything black was considered bad by the other populace. For instance, the whites mostly discriminated against the blacks in service delivery in the country they settled in.
According to Rothman (2), Thelma Jennings documented evidence from women on the inter-racial sexual abuses that black families faced during the era of slavery before the emergence of emancipation. Sexual slavery, Jennings argued denied the women the opportunity to fend for their families creating great emotional torture with total disregard for the male species. Those who declined the approach faced more challenges in the slave camps. In essence, slavery broke the family ties through the impromptu sale of family members without the consent of their immediate family. This means that slave masters would sell individuals creating a big loop in family bonds.
Ortiz (252) asserts that emancipation played a significant role in the actualization of rights for black families thus freedom was realized. This is because women had for a long time being used as sex objects and with the emergence of emancipation this was over.
In my opinion, I greatly oppose the slavery practice on black families since slavery incapacitates the effective cohabitation of mankind. In light of this, therefore the realization of a democratic and free world is paramount. For instance, slavery to a great extent leads to racial discrimination that injures development greatly. Additionally, all nation-states in the world should join hands to fight slavery at all costs.
This is because the rise of information technology has modernized slavery and without proper measures, emancipation will only be a reserve of a few. Moreover, I suggest that stringent laws be put in place to govern not only acts of slavery but also the perpetrators of slavery. For example, national constitutions should effectively be used as avenues to curb the archaic acts of slavery with heavy penalties imposed on those who contravene the legal parameters (Holzer, Medford, and Williams, 392).
Conclusion
In conclusion, acts of slavery are long overdue overtaken by time, and any individual or state that encourages such inhumane acts should be adequately dealt with by the law.
Works Cited
Holzer, Harold, Edna Medford, and Frank Williams. The Emancipation Proclamation: three views (social, political, and iconographic). NY: LYU Press, 2006. Pp 392. Print.
Ortiz, Paul. Emancipation Betrayed: The hidden history of black organizing and white. California: California UP, 2007. Pp 252. Print.
Rothman, Adam. Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South. London: Harvard UP, 2009. Pp 2. Print.