The Price Of A Slave

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The Price Of A Slave

by Rhonda Lane

The price of a slave has never been based on any standard scale. Civil War-era slaves were judged or measured by their qualities of strength, ability, knowledge, or the absence thereof. At one point in history, some segments of our society wanted them to be considered 100% of a person but still not free, while others wanted them to be considered 0% human. A compromise of 3/5 human was deemed acceptable. Partially human, yet with no voice. The price of one of these fractional entities could range from $25 to $2500. These arrangements would be publicly acceptable and not outlawed until 1865.

The price of a modern-day slave of the sex trafficking or forced labor variety is often measured by some of the same standards as well as beauty or age. More precisely, the lack of years of age is utterly and disgustingly important. Their price can range from $2 to $25,000. This abominable practice was not pronounced illegal until the year 2000.

These prices are not a reflection of the value of humanity but of their worth to a money handler, a plantation owner, or a pimp. The one standard is that all of them are robbed of their freedom, their dignity, and many times, even their very heartbeat. Not one has a choice about their residence, vocation, or sometimes even their life’s length.

There is yet another group in our society that is enslaved in another way: unborn children to their mothers’ choices. Although fully human with all the DNA any human will ever possess, they are considered not worthy of that designation and are just a commodity from which to be profited.

Their lives are also sorted into a range of prices from $450 to $15,000 to end that life, depending upon length of gestation, method of termination, and place of business.

Yes, it’s a business. The destiny of human life, whether within the womb or without, has been a publicly accepted trade in both the past and present. A penny for a life is too much, yet a trillion dollars is not even a fraction of its worth.

There are people, however, who are in the “business” of helping when you don’t know what to do with a pregnancy. How much do they charge, you ask? Nothing. Not one penny because they are about the Father’s business. They are the compassionate volunteers at the Women’s Enrichment Center at 109 W. Gordon Street in Dalton (706-278-1050). They handle no money whatsoever, but they handle all their clients with mercy, compassion, and

assistance with any needs associated with the difficulties that come during or after pregnancy, including assistance to those in the aftermath of pregnancy loss or termination.

How long will reproductive “freedom” be tolerated? Since abortion became legal in 1973, 60 million humans have lost their freedom to choose to live. They have lost their freedom to become the scientist that cures cancer or remedies global warming or the special one that becomes the love of your life and is already the apple of God’s eye.

About The Author Rhonda Lane is a native of Dalton, Georgia, and is an orphaned, old maid, and only child trying to find her way in the world and lose herself in Jesus Christ.