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Aboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902 (lemmy.world)

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[–] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Slave. The word is slave. "Forced labor" sounds like it's downplaying the severity.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago

I don't mean to downplay the severity, but there are procedural differences. Slavery was pro forma banned at the time. Effectively, I agree, for all practical purposes of the folk in chains, it was slavery.