Why do you think people feel so strongly about slavery? Answer in a full paragraph?

American slavery has always been a highly debated topic throughout the years. Often, people associate slavery with words such as brutal, cruel, inhumane, and horrible. Slaves were forced to forget about freedom and forget about the liberties of life that we American’s now take for granted. In the readings "Slaves Appeal", "Walker’s Appeal", "Prospectus for the Liberator", and the movie "Roots" there were many circumstances where slavery was described and realistically documented.