The kinds of enslavement most people are familiar with is the enslavement of African-Americans. As far as I understand, they were originally enslaved as part of inter-tribal warfare and raids in Africa. This is a sort of force/expropriation, which seems distinct from the sorts of “bad options” talked about in the post, in that they aren’t really options, they are forced. Also, this kind of slavery has been exceptionally brutal compared to other kinds of slavery.
I’m not super familiar with other kinds of slavery historically. As I understand, it has often been debt slavery.
The numbers you find on the internet are that currently there are more slaves in the world than there were slaves in America at the time when all African-American were slaves.
The kinds of enslavement most people are familiar with is the enslavement of African-Americans. As far as I understand, they were originally enslaved as part of inter-tribal warfare and raids in Africa. This is a sort of force/expropriation, which seems distinct from the sorts of “bad options” talked about in the post, in that they aren’t really options, they are forced. Also, this kind of slavery has been exceptionally brutal compared to other kinds of slavery.
I’m not super familiar with other kinds of slavery historically. As I understand, it has often been debt slavery.
The numbers you find on the internet are that currently there are more slaves in the world than there were slaves in America at the time when all African-American were slaves.
It’s not merely a historic problem.