Possibly Essay Question

One question that I may persue for my essay is:

How are sweatshop labor conditions and policies like the work conditions and policies slaves had to endure in Caribbean sugar plantations?

I think this would be a great essay topic because there is a certain hypocricy that goes along with it. While reading this book, I, and certainly some of my classmates, have judged the British in this era, thinking things like "How could they just stand by and watch slaves be treated so badly?" Today, a lot of people work in sweatshops, not in the U.S. but in other countries. Most people don't get involved with this issue. No one really thinks about it. It's a little bit hypocritical to judge the British and then do pretty much the same thing they were doing at the time