My Essay Topic

The topic I picked for my essay was why slavery was dehumanizing for both slaves and slave holders. I picked this topic because I feel very strongly about how slavery is so dehumanizing. The central argument of my essay is going to be that slavery takes away your basic human rights. For example, the slaves starved often and only got a yearly allowance of clothing. If you didn't have your basic human rights than you wouldn't feel human at all. I think I can prove this by also saying that the slaves were often separated from their families so that was taken away from them along with a lot of other things as well. Also, I am going to talk about how the slave holders could beat another human being and not feel bad about it.