> if you can call the police or get the authorities to intervene... then it's not slavery. I'm not sure this definition pans out. This would mean slavery cann

> if you can call the police or get the authorities to intervene... then it's not slavery. I'm not sure this definition pans out. This would mean slavery cannot happen in a country where it's not legal. Take an unfortunate whose been enslaved in a nation where it's legal. They're kept in a basement, chained to a table, made to work every waking hour. One day, that nation passes a law making slavery illegal. While this person's situation has not changed one iota, using your definition they were a slave yesterday and not a slave today. In fact, since 1981 there is no nation in the world where slavery is legal.[1] So, using this definition strictly...slavery literally does not exist. 1. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold/ http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slav...