Equality can be defined as the state of being equal, especially in status,

rights, and opportunities. There is much in literature, film, and in reality that

tells us equality is not an easy opportunity to be given to someone or

something. Katharina, the protagonist in the play The Taming of The Shrew,

was not treated fairly and was controlled by her husband Petruchio.

Even back in the days, when slavery was a thing, slaves were denied access to

freedom, did not have much opportunities, and did not have their own rights.

My personal experience is yet another example of not being treated fairly. I was

picked on based upon my race and skin colour. Despite best efforts, equality

can be difficult to achieve.

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Slavery is one of the things that

everyone agrees is unethical. In fact there is such general agreement that most

people would probably say that 'slavery is wrong just because it's wrong'.

Even those who practice slavery don't usually try to defend it - they make

excuses or attempt to avoid being caught; which suggests that they know that

they are doing wrong. Although slavery does seem 'obviously wrong' it's worth

listing some of the reasons why it's wrong. Slavery increases total human

unhappiness. The slave-owner treats the slaves as the means to achieve the

slave-owner's ends, not as an end in themselves. Slavery exploits and

degrades human beings. Slavery violates human rights: The Universal

Declaration of Human Rights explicitly forbids slavery and many of the

practices associated with slavery. In 1807, Britain declared all slave trading

illegal. The king of Bonny (in what is now the Nigerian delta) was dismayed at

the conclusion of the practice. The Russian serfs were freed in 1861 by

Emperor Alexander II. Four years later slavery was abolished in the