Although slavery officially ended in 1865, the practice is still used today. Different types of slavery include domestic servitude, forced labor, bonded labor, and child labor. Domestic Servitude is the service of nannies and other household helpers. Forced labor has people producing different commodities. Bonded labor is basically when a person is required to work off a debt. Child labor is any work that keeps a child from attending school and is hazardous to their health.
In cases of domestic servitude, people that are victimized are usually immigrants wanting to reach a destination country. Employers fly these people in and force them to work to pay off what it took to bring them into the country. These immigrants become housemaids, gardeners, …show more content…
This type of slavery is found in labor intensive fields like fishing, textile, construction, mineral and agricultural. There are millions of people globally who are affected from forced labor. These victims are mainly foreigners who are not accustomed to the legal and humane way of doing things or just do not understand the language.
The least known type of slavery around the world is called bonded labor. It is when a person owes a debt and is tricked into working to repay the debt owed. Bonded labor was used mostly in the 18th and 19th century. In third world countries this type of slavery still exists. People take out a loan for the necessary means to survive and when they can not repay the loan back they are tricked into doing manual labor for little or no money at all.
In the late 1700’s and 1800’s to now, the most extreme type of slavery is child labor. Children from the ages of 5 to 17 work in illegal or hazardous conditions. Different employers around the world would hire kids because it is much cheaper to pay them then adults or machines. Underage children work all sorts of jobs from agriculture to fishing and manufacturing. Others would be forced into illicit jobs like drug trafficking or human prostitution.Almost all of these children come from extreme poverty and work to support their families. It was not until the 1900’s that child labor laws went into effect across the
In cases of domestic servitude, people that are victimized are usually immigrants wanting to reach a destination country. Employers fly these people in and force them to work to pay off what it took to bring them into the country. These immigrants become housemaids, gardeners, …show more content…
This type of slavery is found in labor intensive fields like fishing, textile, construction, mineral and agricultural. There are millions of people globally who are affected from forced labor. These victims are mainly foreigners who are not accustomed to the legal and humane way of doing things or just do not understand the language.
The least known type of slavery around the world is called bonded labor. It is when a person owes a debt and is tricked into working to repay the debt owed. Bonded labor was used mostly in the 18th and 19th century. In third world countries this type of slavery still exists. People take out a loan for the necessary means to survive and when they can not repay the loan back they are tricked into doing manual labor for little or no money at all.
In the late 1700’s and 1800’s to now, the most extreme type of slavery is child labor. Children from the ages of 5 to 17 work in illegal or hazardous conditions. Different employers around the world would hire kids because it is much cheaper to pay them then adults or machines. Underage children work all sorts of jobs from agriculture to fishing and manufacturing. Others would be forced into illicit jobs like drug trafficking or human prostitution.Almost all of these children come from extreme poverty and work to support their families. It was not until the 1900’s that child labor laws went into effect across the