Fine line between the word slavery and low income labor workers.
It really was how slaves were treated and controlled which then defines the word slavery. You can be a slave and have a slave master that treated you really fair, gave you food, shelter and maybe even a small income or you could be dirt poor and free and not find any work at all and suffer, or you could be free and have a horrible boss that over works you to the bone and pays you minimum wage for the rest of your miserable life.
I might take the slave route if I had that only choice back in the day.
It really was how slaves were treated and controlled which then defines the word slavery. You can be a slave and have a slave master that treated you really fair, gave you food, shelter and maybe even a small income or you could be dirt poor and free and not find any work at all and suffer, or you could be free and have a horrible boss that over works you to the bone and pays you minimum wage for the rest of your miserable life.
I might take the slave route if I had that only choice back in the day.