PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1608arrow-down114
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minus-squareCaradoc879@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down3·1 year agoSlave. The word is slave. “Forced labor” sounds like it’s downplaying the severity.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialMlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down3·1 year agoI don’t mean to downplay the severity, but there are procedural differences. Slavery was pro forma banned at the time. Effectively, I agree, for all practical purposes of the folk in chains, it was slavery.
Slave. The word is slave. “Forced labor” sounds like it’s downplaying the severity.
I don’t mean to downplay the severity, but there are procedural differences. Slavery was pro forma banned at the time. Effectively, I agree, for all practical purposes of the folk in chains, it was slavery.