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subbyinlosangele -> RE: slave contract (4/22/2012 4:34:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Alecta
I didn't mean BDSM slavery.
Hard labour wouldn't count as slavery if they were duly and fairly (as determined by law) compensated for the work, would it? I was under the impression that prisoners were given a stipend for work performed during time served.
No, I didn't think they'd order anyone into slavery in North America, I'm just curious now about that phrasing.
As I said, in the early 1900s prisoners were, in essence, forced into slavery. They were leased to farms, mines, and such, where they were required to do hard labor. And they weren't compensated for it. But I believe it's been 70 or 80 years since that stuff happened on a federal level.
It's also been argued that chain gangs in the south were one way of African America servitude in spite of the 13th amendment. And they weren't paid either. But the chain gangs were phased out decades ago.
So, in reality, prisoners in the United States have, at times, been forced into slavery, but those practices are long over -- except in the military. The rules on what constitutes hard labor in the military are vague, but in the last decade there have been cases of soldiers being convicted and forced to perform hard labor until their hands bled.
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