Compelled occupation constitutes slavery even without legal subjection

Evidence

But to object to this kind of liberty is to perpetuate slavery. For slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct. This condition obtains even where there is no slavery in the legal sense. It is found where, as in the caste system, some persons are compelled to carry on certain prescribed callings which are not of their choice. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 906

Categorization

• DEFINE: Redefines slavery sociologically rather than legally to capture caste’s compulsory-occupation coercion.
• XREF: Strong parallel to the author’s stated reading purpose on how caste coerces labor assignment independent of formal law.
• DEEPTHINKING: A genuinely paradigm-expanding redefinition: slavery as externally imposed purposes governing conduct, applicable far beyond legal chattel slavery.