Sentences with phrase «slavery as»

As an international business with global supply chains, we adopt the international law definitions of forced labour [1] and human trafficking [2] to frame our response to modern slavery as part of our Responsible Business strategy and in fulfilling our responsibilities under the Act.

Probably not as much right - wing appeal here, but you've got to wonder if Obama is going to stop this type of slavery as well (or eve be able to).

And just as we have — at least in theory — moved beyond seeing rape and slavery as morally justified — he foresees a time when meat eating is equally abhorrent.

Cruelty as entertainment, human sacrifice to indulge superstition, slavery as a labor - saving device, conquest as the mission statement of government, genocide as a means of acquiring real estate, torture and mutilation as routine punishment, the death penalty for misdemeanors and differences of opinion, assassination as the mechanism of political succession, rape as the spoils of war, pogroms as outlets for frustration, homicide as the major form of conflict resolution — all were unexceptionable features of life for most of human history.

These single, triptych, and five - part pieces delve into the hyper - religious aspect of southern living that was amplified and used to justify slavery as a humane practice.

Nevertheless, Lincoln the lawyer lays out his arguments, building to the unassailable conclusion that the Founding Fathers saw slavery as an institution that would wither and die with time and isolation.

Similarly, a sculpture of a lantern shown at Matthew Marks (Laterne / Lantern from 2017) was simultaneously a reminder and a rebuttal of Enlightenment ideals, just as the spinning wheel recalls the horrors of slavery as much as it does the quaintness of pre-industrial life.

These naturally flow from the ignorance that most Americans have about enslaved Africans as people and about slavery as an institution.

«Slavery as a moral issue never interested Ethel.

When Cora gets the better of her in a discussion over the issue of slavery as depicted in the bible, Ethel snaps at her and ends the conversation.

The Thirteenth Amendment announced the beginning of the end of slavery as a legal condition in America.

Slavery as a social condition did not disappear.

I tend to think of the legacy of slavery as the effect it has on the African American population having to battle so long and hard for equality.

The story takes place from 1842 to 1852 and hints to the impending end of slavery as newer generations blur the lines between master -LSB-...]

An unforgettable account of sexual slavery as it exists now.

Many felt that the way to hold the country together was to avoid the issue of slavery as much as possible.

Knowing that charters are destructive of public schools and not saying so is sort of like Lincoln saying he can't do anything about slavery as long as it is lawful.

The database offers a chance to investigate the entire breadth of slavery as experienced throughout the world in Europe, Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

I also think he took the cheap way out with graphic violence (for instance, n ***** heaven), but still did not portray slavery as brutal as it really was.

Lupita Nyong «o, winning best supporting actress for «12 Years a Slave,» invoked the ghosts of slavery as well.

Airing on three consecutive nights, beginning Monday at 8, the six - hour series — based on the award - winning book of the same name by Lawrence Hill, who co-wrote the teleplay with director Clement Virgo — tells the story of Aminata Diallo (Aunjanue Ellis, «The Help»), a woman stolen from her village in Africa and sold into slavery as a child.

Parallels are drawn between slavery as a commodity and the lives of young women of the time, who were seen as property to be «sold off» to the most suitable bidders for their hands in marriage.

Working from a script by John Ridley (Red Tails, U Turn), who adapts Northup's own incredible memoir published in 1853, McQueen creates a powerful effect by not making the film «epic» or by proclaiming itself an «pretentiously important issues movie», but by keeping the emphasis on the characters and their individual stories much more so than as a film meant to cover the topic of slavery as a whole.

He told the audience: «There are 21 million people in slavery as we sit here.

The picture is, primarily, a study of slavery as an institution.

According to Indiewire,» «The West Wing» by way of a costume drama, it tracks the abolition of slavery as a series of negotiations with major ramifications only transparently stated in the final scenes.

In a movie about Lincoln, especially one as (blessedly) focused on this period of his life, lots of debate about slavery as an abstract political topic is unavoidable.

While the film and the memoir have been given the unfair label of being ONLY ABOUT «slavery is bad» (as if that fact alone would not be worthy) many of the more subtle points have been ignored, but is best summed up this way, «It is notable not only for its lucid description of plantation life, with detailed passages on the methods by which cotton and sugarcane were harvested and processed, and how slaves were fed, housed and punished, but also for the author's evenhanded treatment of his subject: although he denounces slavery as an institution, Northup expresses his gratitude to the masters who treated him with gentleness and generosity, and shows a surprising ability to forgive even the most unimaginable cruelties.»

«So in some ways, I wanted to make this film... to somehow try to embrace it and tame it, master it, but also to make it mine, as such... So I went into researching slavery as such with open eyes.

The film offers a probing take on memory and identity in a family two generations removed from slavery as it tracks Che and Brian's shared journey to create a new legacy for themselves, their community, and the next generation of family.

Some abolitionist works like «Uncle Tom's Cabin» could paint slavery as a form of captivity, but the canonical captives of antebellum American literature were white women kidnapped by Indians, who after the Civil War were often replaced by freed slaves as objects of superstitious terror.

The steward having discovered, by a conversation which he heard, that it was the intention of the prize master Capt. Amiel to sell him into slavery as soon as the schooner arrived in Charleston, determined to make a desperate attempt to retake the vessel.

Would any country cite laziness, hostility and slavery as its values?

It should be noted that slavery as an institution existed throughout the world long before the American Revolution.

Todd Akin Akin: abortion «easily trumps slavery as the greatest moral evil in American history» July 10, 2014

Given the centrality of slavery as the definitional opposite of freedom in Pettit's account of republicanism, his preference for a kind of institutional arrangement that has shown itself capable of repeatedly holding, at times against democratic majorities, that the state - mandated oppression of minorities is perfectly acceptable is odd.

French people (and probably Europeans in general) don't have the same history with slavery as Americans do.

BTW christians were the ones who justified slavery as per the bible, and gave us the kkk and segregation

(3) The laws and prescriptions of the Jewish faith against slavery as set forth in the Holy Scriptures represented an enormous theological and ideological impediment to slaveholding.

He was outspoken in his denouncement of slavery as a moral wrong and may be considered a pioneer in the area of civil disobedience.

Christianity first developed in an empire that not only promoted and accepted slavery as a legitimate part of the fabric of Roman life but had a complex set of laws and customs governing the practice.

Consider the defense of slavery as for the sake of bringing benighted Africans to the gospel so that their souls could be saved even if their bodies were in chains.

As a matter of fact, many in the South began to defend slavery as a positive good for American society.

How could one love his neighbor as himself while he held that neighbor in slavery as a piece of property?

Several New England colonial legislatures were confronted with bills, at this time, to abolish slavery as contrary to the laws of nature.

jesus was definitely talking about watchfulness - but he was using slavery as his example.

You should also admit that it was * parts * of the church who were among the last to relinquish the idea of slavery as natural and some elements are still quite racist.

Bales reminds us that while today's 27 million may be the largest number of slaves ever held at one time, historically it is the smallest proportion of slaves relative to the world's total population, which suggests that slavery as an institution is declining.

If you do not accept slavery as moral act then your morals are from something other then your Bible.

To be sure, there are exceptions even to most rigid rules, and able personality, in slavery as out of it, makes itself felt.