Marx & Engels - Comparing Their Views (The Western World)

Mary Prince and Friedrich Engels believed the lives of both the slaves and the English industrial workers were extremely challenging. Many people believe that slavery was a much harder life, when they would compare it to the life of an industrial worker. This may be because it seems that the industrial workers were employed, and it was their choice to be there. But this in fact in not true in most cases, because the workers …

…hear of work related deaths, as they occurred on a regular basis. To be a slave, or an industrial worker, would mean that your life revolved around your work. It meant that entire days of your life would be put into work just trying to survive. You did not have a choice on where or when you were to work, because you had to do what was necessary to stay alive, and live your life.