(December 19, 2014 at 4:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Once at work, the rhythm is infernal, because the number of canes that they cut will determine their wages.
Hey, asshole - and yes, Drippy, I mean you.
"Slaves" do not get "wages."
This is why anything you post is damned near worthless. You don't have the brains you were born with.
and this would be number 5..
Look up the word minnie, just because on the plantation you grew up on you didn't pay your slaves doesn't mean all slaves are unpaid. Slavery is defined by excessive manual labor with little to no pay.
Never mind I will do it for you:
slave
/slāv/
noun
historical
noun: slave; plural noun: slaves
1.
a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
synonyms:
historicalserf, vassal, thrall; More
archaicbondsman, bondswoman
"the work was done by slaves"
antonyms:
freeman, master
•
a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation.
"by the time I was ten, I had become her slave, doing all the housework"
synonyms:
drudge, servant, lackey, minion;
informalgofer
"Anna was his willing slave"
•
a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something.
"the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks"
synonyms:
devotee, worshiper, adherent; More
now in the above google provided defination where does it say a slave HAS to be unpaid?