PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1602arrow-down10
arrow-up1602arrow-down1imageAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square79linkfedilink
minus-squareCaradoc879@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·3 years agoSlave. The word is slave. “Forced labor” sounds like it’s downplaying the severity.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialMlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·3 years 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.