In the Western hemisphere, slavery is a form of human exploitation that was evident from the middle of the fifteenth century. In fact, slavery was a conventional practice during the early days of the Roman Empire as the Greeks were often enslaved. During the late eighteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century, slavery was an important and controversial issue in the United States. Inevitably, it played a substantial role in the evolution of …showed first 75 words of 1311 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1311 total…Voices From Slavery powerfully effective due to the genuine voices carried out by each narrator. The convincing and truthful accounts of each slave contribute to the realistic brutality, or even the benevolence, to the acts of slavery. Having seen and read the terrorizing and horrific event, slavery was a tragedy on such a scale that cannot be measured nor quantified. Ultimately, slavery was an act of near genocide and ought never be forgotten or trivialized.