Just a few days ago I wrote a blog post where I was asking myself the question, “Should everyone have to be vegan in the village?” And now I have decided. Yes, this will be a vegan village.

You see, I was tempted to give up my principles (except for the home where I would be living with other vegans) because I didn’t want to “force” people to become vegan. But I am not forcing anyone to do anything because they will voluntarily be vegan because:

1. They are already vegan and excited about the possibility of living with other vegans, or
2. They are excited about the vision and are willing to give up their dependency on animal products in order to be a part of this project, or
3. They see that in order to be consistent with their passion to end human slavery, that they need to stop consuming animals because that consumption is causing slavery, or
4. They see how beneficial it would be for victims of slave trafficking to NOT contribute to enslavement of animals. That eating a plant-based diet would be healthy for body, mind and soul.

This website is very inspiring and I feel extremely happy to find that another vegan has been motivated by William Wilberforce. Words from the website https://www.animalslavery.net/

“2007 marks the bi-centenary of the Act of Parliament, by the UK, which abolished human slavery in its most overt form in the colonies. Of course slavery tragically and covertly still exists today with people trafficked for the sex trade, domestic or agricultural labour, forced or bonded labour, forced marriage, very low paid sweat shop jobs and in the form of child soldiers. Estimates vary but many millions are still in slavery today.

The Campaign for the Abolition of Animal Slavery and this website have been inspired by the film ‘Amazing Grace’. In the film Wilberforce unrolls a 300,000 signed petition in the House of Commons calling for abolition. This got me thinking about all the unknown people who signed this and were abhorred by slavery, history does not record their names or perhaps what their efforts were to help end the African trade.”

Just watching the trailer of this movie which I watched about 10 years ago brought tears to my eyes. You can watch it on Amazon Prime. It is SO inspiring. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454776/ I was not a vegan at the time–although I was a vegetarian in denial. I didn’t want to give up dairy and eggs so I blocked out the fact that animals suffered even more in those industries.

I realize that just the act of first creating a non-profit for the purpose of helping people who have been slaves to heal their trauma by living in a very healthy community where they can eventually have their own property and leave a legacy to their heirs, I will be promoting ideas. I really want people who are waking up to the problem of human trafficking which the movie, The Sound of Freedom, really brought to the forefront of people’s awareness (including mine) to have empathy for animals who are treated very similarly as human slaves.

You can learn about the movie which inspired me to focus on the issue of abolishing human slavery here: https://www.angel.com/press/release/angel-studios-announces-new-film-sound-of-freedom-starring-jim-caviezel

I feel relieved that I have come to this decision. I also am glad that I let people in on my process so you can see that I am a real person trying to make the best decisions possible.

I hope you will check out this website http://www.animalslavery.net

In closing, I will share this excerpt from that site:

Campaign for the Abolition of Animal Slavery –
“Calls for a radical re-thinking of the enslavement of animals and seeks to raise radical questions about exploitation of our fellow species.

Calls for an end to factory farming, an end to the abuse animals suffer in “entertainment” and an end to vivisection and any other means where animals are seen as utilities or a commodity to be exploited.

Believes the only humane way to live is by adopting a VEGAN diet.

Don’t eat the slaves, don’t wear the slaves, don’t watch the slaves, don’t test drugs on the slaves.

Campaign for the Abolition of Animal Slavery is well aware the abuse and suffering of animals is so huge that any victory to end animal exploitation may be 200 years in the future AT LEAST. This campaign is but one small step for animals, one huge leap in the thinking of mankind in regard to the treatment of sentient beings.

It will be for future generations with more compassionate natures to assess with disbelief ad horror how animals in 2007 are treated and they will wonder how could it happen, why wasn’t it stopped…”