Point of historical order, though, as Juneteenth nears in the United States: if you are being paid at all, and if you have options, you are NOT A SLAVE. Close to indentured servitude, maybe ... but let's not be quite so sloppy. If you are getting paid, and you can leave, and you can have a side job or use Hive, you are not quite a slave yet. Mess up and get a felony in the United States, though, and that's a different ballpark...