Modern Day Slave Owners

So often we look back on the slave trade with disgust, as well we should. There are few practices more despicable than kidnapping a human being, stealing them away from their sons, daughters, wives, husbands and community, and forcing them to work in a far-away land without pay. However, I think that many of us are not much better than those slave owners of old. Sure, we would never be a slave trader nor would we ever purchase a slave for our own use. However, many of the products we regularly purchase have been produced by workers living in worse conditions than many slaves have had to live in. This makes us, in my opinion, modern day slave owners.