Involuntary servitude or
Involuntary slavery is a
United States legal and
constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of
coercion other than the worker's financial needs. While laboring to benefit another occurs also in the condition of
slavery, involuntary servitude does not necessarily connote the complete lack of freedom experienced in
chattel slavery; involuntary servitude may also refer to other forms of
unfree labor. Involuntary servitude is not dependent upon
compensation or its amount.