@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1602arrow-down114
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minus-square@Caradoc879@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish61•8 months agoSlave. The word is slave. “Forced labor” sounds like it’s downplaying the severity.
minus-squarePugJesusMlinkfedilink22•8 months 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.