Taghogho Von Apochi

I already knew the term modern slavery before this chapter, I referenced the book and chapter. I knew that legal ownership of another human being has been outlawed, but people are still trafficked, forced to work, sexually exploited, trapped by debt, or controlled through threats and violence. What caught me off guard was how close modern slavery can sit to ordinary life. Kendall frames slavery as an extreme form of social inequality, one where people are treated as property or economic commodities rather than as people. Historically, it functioned as a closed system of stratification: your position was assigned at birth, escaping it was nearly impossible, and law, violence, and institutions all worked together to keep it that way (Kendall, 2021, p. 192). Modern slavery looks different on the surface, since legal ownership is usually absent now, but the loss of freedom underneath it is just as real. Reading through debt bondage, forced labor, trafficking, sexual exploitation, and hidd...