Michigander,
Here's a link that may shed some light on it, or it may cloud the issue.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/1581fin.htm
Also note that during the years leading up to the civil war it was quite gauche to come out and say the word slave, so often euphamisms were employed.
involuntary servitude appears to have been one of those euphamisms.
Here's a good essay on the subject of the draft, too.
http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=5533
Hum... This gets more interesting.
Here's a defintion that indicates that legally, whether or not someone is paid has no bearing on whether the person was held in involuntary servitude or not.
http://www.lectlaw.com/def/i071.htm
Here's a link that may shed some light on it, or it may cloud the issue.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/1581fin.htm
Also note that during the years leading up to the civil war it was quite gauche to come out and say the word slave, so often euphamisms were employed.
involuntary servitude appears to have been one of those euphamisms.
Here's a good essay on the subject of the draft, too.
http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=5533
Hum... This gets more interesting.
Here's a defintion that indicates that legally, whether or not someone is paid has no bearing on whether the person was held in involuntary servitude or not.
http://www.lectlaw.com/def/i071.htm