“Looking for Young Men and Women Interested in Traveling the World” Slavery has been abolished. No one will ever be treated like dirt and forced into unpaid labor and physical harm again, or so we thought. Human Trafficking is bringing slavery back into the light from the shadows. It is a well-known and reported fact that the trend of Human Trafficking is growing. “Between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked through the U.S. each year” (Flock ¶ 6), these numbers are staggered by the 27 million victims worldwide (Flock ¶ 6). Human Trafficking according to President Obama is a euphemism, or something that is used to make it seem that it is not as bad as it is. (Flock ¶ 4) If forcing someone to do manual labor against their will and taking away their unalienable human rights was defined as slavery back then, then Human Trafficking should be labeled the same now. Society must decide whether Human Trafficking should be considered the modern-day equivalent to slavery. I propose that we solve this debate using social …show more content…
Deborah Pryce was and is presently working to improve the efforts against Human Trafficking, and boldly called Human Trafficking slavery right out: “Slavery is supposed to be a distant memory, but in truth, it’s alive and well— “. (Pryce ¶ 3) Deborah Pryce worked to have the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization act modified so that local governments could fight against the increasing trend of Human Trafficking. Although, it takes more than one person to change what something is known as and how it is fought. Pryce’s quote can be authenticated through the experience retold by Benjamin Skinner. Skinner, a writer on modern day slavery and human trafficking, made the biggest connection for myself between slavery and Human Trafficking in retelling the story of a teenager who lived a first-hand experience as a ‘sex’ slave through Human