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I'm confused -- what was the old definition of "slave" which was so different from "person forced to work and prevented by force from leaving"? I'm not convinc

I'm confused -- what was the old definition of "slave" which was so different from "person forced to work and prevented by force from leaving"? I'm not convinced that there are indeed 27 million people fitting that definition at the moment, but I can't see how someone fitting that description is anything other than a slave. (Hmm, though I suppose legitimate prisoners can be forced to do work without being "slaves" so perhaps the definition does require tinkering around the edges.)

aaronblohowiak 17y ago
"I'm not convinced that there are indeed 27 million people.." There are billions of people in the world. Billions. Think about that for a minute and let it sink in.
roundsquare 17y ago
The "held through fraud" part maybe what distinguishes legitimate prisoners from slaves. Although, that part of the definition does seem strange, I'm not sure if we'd always want to require that someone be held through fraud to be considered a slave (someone chained to a post and forced to do hard labor is still a slave in my book, but I don't see any fraud involved).