Labor, Servitude, and Liberty
This is to be a multi portioned response to a complex question regarding the nature of labor, servitude, and liberty. I will be making several entries to address a simple question that I think many people would expect to be condensed into a simple one sentence answer and provide rich detail and context that might elaborate on the complexities of a seemingly simple concept. I am doing this because I feel that in an effort to oversimplify things to address a large volume of issues, the simplest issues have been overlooked. To the best of my ability, I will answer: What is Slavery? When considering the question, which may appear simple on its face, I am left to consider the very complexities of the nature of labor. Slavery, according to popular and societal definition, places the emphasis on labor provided with no wages granted. This is also to say that labor is forced or expected without exception. The key emphasis on slavery is that...