Slave Labor/Slave Conditions
Braceros suffered greatly in the program. Ranchers and farmers did not provide beds, bathrooms, or kitchens. Men cooked under trees and woke up each morning more tired than before. Many decided to leave the U.S. and return home.
Mexican Migrant Workers Forced Into Slave Labor
In the U.S. the contract labor system in agriculture has grown dependent upon a constant supply of undocumented migrant workers, keeping labor prices
Slaves of the Cyberworld
-the-clock online labor for pennies or nothing, the term "slavery" starts to gain validity. This program examines the issue on a global level as it reveals the human
Subject: Slave labor
Transcript: SLAVES OF THE CYBER WORLD. AN EL DORADO FOR SOME, THE INTERNET HAS BECOME AN ECONOMIC HORROR STORY FOR OTHERS. THE INTERNET IS A RICH SOURCE OF PHOTOGRAPHS
Conclusions of Slave Archeology
With the collapse of tobacco, comes wheat farming. Fraser Neiman believes diversified agricultural systems forced slave owners them to include
Master and Slave: Life of a Slave
cabins in which to live. Life for women in the slave community may take on many different roles, from the physical labor they do and the children they care
Subject: slaves provided basic necessities
Transcript: [ narrator ] slaves generally receive at least enough basic necessities to live and work... corn meal and salt pork to eat, cheap clothing and
Tobacco Slaves in Virginia
In 1619, a ship arrives carrying slaves. They work alongside indentured servants to provide labor for the large tobacco crops. Virginia's
African-American Slave Women
Kessler-Harris explains that African-American slave women during this period performed strenuous physical labor, provided domestic care, and were also often
Subject: slave women
Divergent Paths: Southern Women: The Plantation Mistress and Her Slaves
slave women they oversee have a dual burden: the physical work they perform as slaves and the reproductive labor of producing children who become the
Subject: physical labor
Transcript: Within the slave society. [narrator:] beyond the economic advantages of a slave-based labor system, the hold slavery has Mon the south changes the social
Voices of disposable people:
, bonded laborers in India, and migrant workers in Miami, U.S.A.
Subject: Slave labor
Transcript: , BORROWERS EXPECT TO REIMBURSE THEIR DEBTS QUICKLY. BUT THEY SOON DISCOVER THAT BONDED LABORERS CAN NEVER BUY BACK THEIR FREEDOM. LENDERS CHARGE SUCH USURIOUS
Cheap Labor: Modern Slavery
globe take advantage of human trafficking as a source of unpaid slave labor.