It was one very important period, where traditions and common practice in society were overcome with the idea of ethics and morality.
That was so long ago, but there are still "slave workers" being used in certain parts of the world.
Well, the idea of the abolistionist movement did not start in England, but it surely took hold and spread from there. As some of my vegan soaps along with Wickham soaps are actually made in England/ UK, it was meant as a hint
There is, true enough of course, also the point of living beings, humans and /or animals, being a commodity.
Isn't it sad, that species, that are not going to be exploited, are threatened to be extinguished? Then on the other hand species, that are exploited, are still being extinguished, when you look at whales, rhinos and so many more.
But, enough of that, we are straying far of the original topic