In 1783 in Britain, and most of the world, slavery was an accepted and legal practice.
Sick slave being thrown overboardIn that year, a case was heard before the British courts. The insurer of the slave ship Zong, which carried African slaves from Africa to the Americas, refused to pay a claim for “lost cargo”. That lost cargo was more than 100 sick slaves that had been thrown overboard by the ship’s captain, so that their value could be claimed against the insurers. If the slaves had died of natural causes (their sickness), no claim could be brought against the insurers. The insurers won their case. Efforts to bring murder charges against the ship owners failed. The slaves were not human beings they were goods.
They are both continued even after Acts to end them were put in place.
Explanation: Abolition of Slave trade: In 1807 an Act to end The buying and selling of African slaves was passed. However this did not end the trafficking of slaves from Africa and White rich men continued trading for slaves for personal and monetary gain way after the act was passed.
Abolition of Slavery: The constitutions 13th amendment abolished slavery in 1865 making it illegal to enslave or forcefully use another human for personal gain without their consent, or by way of punishment if the person was found guilty by law.
The answer is Erosion, which is the the gradual destruction or diminution of something -- in this case, rocks. I hope this helps! For reference/perspective, sand is the product of rock erosion, because it's really just tiny remnants of crushed rock. Those "small pebbles" could be sand, but you'd have to emphasize just how small they are -- one grain of sand is just that: a grain
the arts and literature of Southeast Asia is very distinctive as some have been influenced by Indian (Hindu), Chinese, Buddhist, and Islamic literature.
