Debt bondage
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Debt bondage, also known as debt slavery, bonded labour, or peonage, is the pledge of a person's services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligations. Where the terms of the repaymen
Child labor in brick kilns in Nepal
Workers storing rice in India in 1952
A worker preparing fish caught off the coast of South Africa
Slavery in the 21st century
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Contemporary slavery, also sometimes known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to slavery that continues to exist in the 21st century. Estimates of the number of enslaved people range from around
Debt bondage
…participating in forced labour, 20.9%, or about 5.8 million, were in debt bondage. Debt bondage has been described by the United Nations as a form of "modern day slavery", and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery seeks to abolish the practice. The practice is still prevalent, especially in South Asia…
Neixiang Yamen Jail – Forced Labor
The Slave Market, by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Illustration from the book The Child Slaves of Britain. Child slavery and forced labor continues to be a problem in the 21st century
A fishing vessel flying under the flag of Thailand, where workers are known to sometimes be kept aboard ships for years while subject to forced labor.