WARNING! Many readers will not like, even be mildly offended by the following proclamation:
Willy Wonka was a slave owner.
Yes folks, that's right, our dear chocolate churning chap was, in a sense, the Thomas Jefferson of the candy world. Think about it: He goes to Africa to harvest some cacao beans, which he takes from under the Oompa Loompas noses, and then spirits them back to his factory which they never leave and he appears to pay them in chocolate. "But they love him!" you'll say. "Until he came along, they ate raw mashed green caterpillars. They were miserable!" Nevertheless, we must face the fact that the infamous Willy Wonka, previously viewed as a kind benefactor to all humankind was, in actuality, improsoning and entire race of little people within the walls of his fabulous factory.