[rsheridan6]

I don't know what you're talking about, but it's not indentured servitude as the term was used in America. Indentured servitude was generally for a fixed period of time. The first sentence of the wiki article: "Indentured servitude refers to the historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture."

You could probably find millions of people, including me, who would gladly trade their student loans for several years of indentured servitude.

[pbiggar]

I quoted my source above: Disposable People by Kevin Bales. It discusses 6 case studies of modern day slavery: sex slavery in thailand, kidnapping for farm workers in Brazil, "old timey" slave ownership in Mauritania, and indentured servitude in India and Pakistan.

My history is a little shaky on old American slavery, but I'm pretty sure that a large number of indentured servants brought to colonies in the Caribbean were disposable: they were worked til they died and never managed to leave their servitude.