Question

Name and describe the 5 types of slavery found around the globe today.

Answer 1

Slavery is defined as a system in which one human being was owned by another. The main types of slavery are as follows:

• Forced Labor: It describes all types of coerced work that an individual must provide against his or her will. They are treated as a property to be exploited commercially.
• Bonded Labor or Debt Labor: It describes slavery in which an individual is compelled to work in order to repay a debt. It differs from other forms in that, oftentimes the laborer and the employer initially enter into a mutual agreement.
• Sex Slavery: It describes women, men or children that are exploited in the commercial sex industry, which may include: pornography, prostitution, erotic entertainment, strip clubs, online escort services, residential brothels, hostess clubs, fake massage parlors or any exchange of a sex act for something of value.
• Child Slavery: It describes all child labor obtained from individuals under the age of 18 through the means of force, deception or coercion.
• Domestic Servitude: It describes slaves that are forced to work in extremely hidden workplaces, that are private homes. Domestic workers become slaves when their employer uses force, fraud or coercion to control or convince an employee that they have no choice but to continue working.