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Slave labor and "slave" labor.
by abraham 14y ago
Slave labor and "slave" labor.
- shmulkey18 14y agoSlave labor was too expensive to use because you risked losing your valuable capital. Instead new immigrants were used such as Irish (East Coast) or Chinese (West Coast).
- planetguy 14y agoSlave labour was used sometimes, e.g. the Thailand-Burma railway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Railway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Railway Five hundred men died for every mile of track laid, but hey, they had too many prisoners anyway!
- abraham 14y agoThat's the "slave" labor.