Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
A Confederalist Speech
“Mr. Chairman, fellow House representatives, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to take this opportunity to show my gratitude to all of you for listening to me.
I would like to take this chance to talk about the great subject regarding the importation of slavery. In relation to this practice, today we have a chance to make history. As I stand in front of the honorable members, I am grateful to be a bearer of a platform that will give birth to a new life. A new life for people condemned to slavery, by others who look only at the much wealth they can create by enslaving others. It is clear that the importation of slaves endangers human rights as well as their privileges. Consequently, it is very vital to have an effective law that protects human beings from slavery.
Personally, I strongly condemn and disagree with people who opt for free or cheap labor in order to obtain production or wealth. I condemn slavery with all the strongest terms possible because it is a practice that is inhuman and against the ideals that this country is founded on. This country is founded on the values of respecting basic human rights, freedoms and liberties. However, slavery, in all its perspectives violates the ideals that we hold to develop the future of America with. One vital thing that you should understand is that importing people and holding them against their will infringes on their human rights.
With reference to this, I stand before this house to propose a bill that will seek to ban slavery in the United States. The passing of the law will imply that individuals will have the privilege to enjoy their human rights whilst actions will be taken against those breaking it. This bill is so important to the future of the country, both on the economic agenda and leading the world as a human rights champion. Therefore, I urge all the members of this honorable house to support the bill in all its stages, and pass it into law.
After the passing of the law, it will become illegal for any person to import slaves into the United States from any region with the intention of holding, selling, or disposing them or holding them to labor. The law will also make it illegal to hold any citizen of the united states in any region as a slave in American soil. In addition, the law will focus on the need to curb evolution of a new type of slavery, disguised in the form of cheap voluntary labor. Therefore, this law will make it illegal, for any resident of the United States to hold another citizen at work, with unequal compensation. The law will seek to standardize the payment of workers at a rate that is human enough to give all workers a decent livelihood.
This law will apply to all the citizens of the United States of America who engage in the business or practice of slave trade. Kindly allow me sir to mention that although most people are aware about this behavior, and they know the negative consequences of the inhuman treatment involved. Instead, people tend to ignore the negative implications slave trade has on the victims, both physical and psychological consequences. It is, therefore, our duty as honorable leaders, to create awareness of the dangers of the slave trade and the importance of free labor to our country.
As I finish, I would like to thank you for listening to me. It is my great pleasure to have tackled this subject today, in this house. I believe that the honorable members will support this bill and lead the way towards the end of slavery.”