free labour

Examples (10)

• The transition from a slave economy to one based on free labour was a monumental shift in history.
• A market economy theoretically relies on the mobility and rights of free labour.
• Historians often debate the economic efficiency of slave labour compared to free labour.
• The abolitionist movement fought for the principle that all people had the right to be free labour.
• Unlike forced workers, free labour has the right to negotiate wages and working conditions.
• The development of industrial capitalism was fueled by a large pool of free labour moving to cities.
• After the Civil War, the southern states had to rebuild their agriculture using free labour instead of slaves.
• The nation's constitution guarantees the right to exist as free labour, protected from any form of servitude.
• The establishment of a system of free labour is considered a cornerstone of modern democratic societies.
• As free labour, individuals could theoretically sell their skills to the highest bidder.