Trabalho escravo contemporâneo: de propriedade à dignidade

Abstract

The research aimed to analyze the legislative changes on slave labor in Brazil, in line with the historical evolution of its concept. The article used the deductive method, employing bibliographical and documental research techniques. In the first section, it addressed how the expansion of European colonialism led to a perspective of naturalization of colonial relations of domination based on the concepts of race and property. Next, some aspects of the transition from slave to free labor were analyzed. In the third section, he presented reflections on the complex coercive methods that characterize contemporary forms of slavery. In the last section, the conclusion pointed out that the fight against slave labor involves profound sociopolitical clashes that must consider the centrality of the dignity of the worker as a human person.