It is not slavery if he has to pay to survive and it is charity if you pay him just enough for his work, any kind of work, to do so, right? Sounds like work or die to me. If he doesnt comply, he gets screamed at, papers with words like "obey and respect" are used, and he is threatened to be fired (nice word, lots of gunpowder involved). Sooo ... what was the bad thing about slavery? You know, that thing that was bad about it so we kind of decided we dont want it? Because we could do a little more of not wanting it. Or is just the word that is not popular these days?