forced labor

forced labor
Work which one is compelled to perform against ones will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.

The power which the government possesses, by means of forced labour, of at once opening good roads throughout the country, has been, I believe, one main cause of the early prosperity of this colony.


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