You've skipped some posts, otherwise you would know that I don't want to see slavery recrudesce, however much it may be beginning to rise again in the Third World and creep in under the doorsill in these obscure clauses in H-1B workers' contracts.
And my "scholarly" POV is as good as yours, pal, unless you can whip out a PhD in U.S. history and throw it on the table.
And then I'd take you on anyway.
Not even close and not in my field. But that is why I chose to quote from the best and the brightest ... the acknowledged authorities on the subject.
"And then I'd take you on anyway."
I'm sure you would. Knuckleheads tend not to learn from experience.
To see the actual recrudescence of slavery, I highly recommend a viewing of HBO Real Sports this week. There are showings on Thursday 28th, Saturday 30th, Sunday 31st, and Monday 1st.
A segment of about 25 to 30 minutes is on the exploitation of jockeys in camel racing. The place is the United Arab Emirates and the jockeys are little kids bought from Bangladesh or Pakistan and held in slavery. The lighter the load, the faster the camel... the kids have little value if their weight exceeds 50 pounds.