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There absolutely are laws. England has had laws about paying people in "the coin of the realm" since the 1400s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Acts https:

by Y_Y 3y ago

There absolutely are laws. England has had laws about paying people in "the coin of the realm" since the 1400s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_Acts As for revoking children's right to toil, it took a lot longer.

musicale 3y ago
"I owe my soul to the company store." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons