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Slavery and Capitalism

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:05:22 UTC

Whys is it relevant?

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:07:33 UTC

Capitalism is the cause of exploitation of factory workers

Workers are forced to work for long hours in extremely harsh conditions to make a living to serve the rich-income class

"Indeed, they are almost working as slaves"

Relevant Statistic

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:08:18 UTC

"While Amazon celebrates its $1 trillion brand value, its 1 in 3 employees working in Arizona are so poor that they have to rely on government food stamps as they receive extremely low wages."

Who in the World is most Affected?

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:10:13 UTC

The proponents of capitalism believed that free markets in goods and labor would make the world a better place

In the Atlantic world, large numbers of people, mainly from Africa, were enslaved

Key Terms

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:13:16 UTC

Inequality: An example of an inequality is European and colonial American societies considering African people property, rather than people

Capitalism: An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. (Oxford Languages)

Controversial Elements

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:15:34 UTC

"What, in fact, is the relationship between a more compartmentalized notion of slavery and capitalism and what kinds of assumptions are we consciously missing by framing the question in a way that asserts their separateness to begin with?"

Guy Edward Scout, Black Perspectives

Laws and Regulations

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:16:11 UTC

13th to the United States Constitution Amendment:

"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."

Sources

rylmwil — 2023-11-21 01:16:31 UTC

https://www.e-ir.info/2019/02/02/capitalism-and-the-rise-of-new-slavery-from-slave-trade-to-slave-in-trade/#:~:text=Capitalism%20has%20led%20to%20severe,are%20almost%20working%20as%20slaves

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-origins/era-5-the-first-global-age/55-new-economic-systems-betaa/a/read-slavery-and-capitalism-beta#:~:text=The%20proponents%20of%20capitalism%20believed,mainly%20from%20Africa%E2%80%94were%20enslaved

https://www.aaihs.org/capitalism-and-slavery-reflections-on-the-williams-thesis/

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment#:~:text=The%2013th%20Amendment%20to%20the%20United%20States%20Constitution%20provides%20that,place%20subject%20to%20their%20jurisdiction.%22