In the 18th century, the West Indies had become a main trade center due to the enslavement of human beings, first the Native Indians of the Americas and then the en-slaved Africans. Although the en-slaved people fought for their rights and freedom, they could not defeat this evil, inhumane, terror and disgraceful act, which continued for hundreds of years for the accumulation of wealth.

A British by the name of William Wilberforce, born in 1759, learned that the British public was not aware of the horrors of slavery, something taking place thousands of miles across the oceans. Wilberforce was not blinded in the way the mass was. He was brilliant and could see what others could not see. He fought against slavery and succeeded when slavery was abolished through out the British Empire. In 1807 it became illegal for British ships to carry enslaved Africans torn from their homes and families, however, this did not prevent planters in the Americas from demanding slaves as the evilness of slavery continued where the planters continue to accumulate wealth through the bondage of humans. Wilberforce continued to work towards stopping this evil profit making business and in 1833, his perseverance and his good for humanity finally paid off. The Abolition of Slavery Act was passed on August 24th 1833 by the British Parliament which became law on August 1st 1834 where emancipation took place, meaning the act of slavery by the plantation owners against people who were enslaved was now abolished.

The main terms of the Act were:
-All slaves under the age of six were to be freed immediately

-Slaves over the age of six were to remain as part slave and part free for a further four years. In that time they would have to be paid a wage for the work they did in the quarter of the week when they were "free"

-The government was to provide £20 million in compensation to the slave-owners who had lost their "property."

With the abolishment of slavery, the planters were not as profitable and many plantations were shut down at alarming rate. The people were now free and many refused to work for the plantation owners who once held them in bondage for financial gains.

Although slavery is abolished, inhumane acts, racism, child labor, discrimination and crimes against humanity continues throughout the world where the resources of defenceless countries in Africa, the Middle East and their people are being invaded and attacked by the powerful nations and corporations to seize resources and to control wealth that belongs to other nations. Nothing has changed. It has only gotten worst exponentially for many nations and their people, as the mass avoids the truth and turns a blind eye to the truth. The mass is still asleep and still cannot see clearly as to what's really going on.