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  2. History of forced labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Labor reforms in the 19th and 20th eventually outlawed many of these forms of labors. However, illegal unfree labor in the form of human trafficking continued to grow, and the economy continued to rely on unfree labor from abroad. Starting at the end of the 20th century, there became an increased public awareness of human trafficking.

  3. Forced labour - Wikipedia

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    Many forms of unfree labour are also covered by the term forced labour, which is defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as all involuntary work or service exacted under the menace of a penalty. [1] However, under the ILO Forced Labour Convention of 1930, the term forced or compulsory labour does not include: [2]

  4. Slavery in the colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Once it became clear that tobacco was going to drive the Jamestown economy, more workers were needed for the labor-intensive crop. British plantation owners in North America and the Caribbean also needed a workforce for their cash crop plantations, which was initially filled by indentured servants from Britain before transitioning to Native ...

  5. History of slavery - Wikipedia

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    In late-16th-century Japan, slavery was officially banned; but forms of contract and indentured labor persisted alongside the period penal codes' forced labor. During the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War , the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces used millions of civilians and prisoners of war from several countries as forced laborers.

  6. California Measure To End Forced Prison Labor Fails - AOL

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    The Prop. 6 campaign was largely led by formerly incarcerated people, who spoke about how forced labor jeopardized their health and safety, interfered with their ability to visit with family, and ...

  7. Slavery - Wikipedia

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    Human trafficking primarily involves women and children forced into prostitution and is the fastest growing form of forced labour, with Thailand, Cambodia, India, Brazil and Mexico having been identified as leading hotspots of commercial sexual exploitation of children.

  8. Proposition 6 to end forced labor in prisons failed in ... - AOL

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    In Stanislaus County, about 65% of voters rejected a ballot measure in the Nov. 5 election that sought to end forced labor in prisons and jails in California. Proposition 6, which was defeated ...

  9. Slavery in Pre-Columbian America - Wikipedia

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    In the Inca Empire, workers were subject to a Mit'a in lieu of taxes which they paid by working for the government, a form of corvée labor. [21] Each ayllu, or extended family, would decide which family member to send to do the work. It is debated whether this system of forced labor counts as slavery. [citation needed]