Black Man Enslaved By His White Boss For 5 Years Finally Gets Compensated

Black Man Enslaved By His White Boss For 5 Years Finally Gets Compensated
Black Man Enslaved By His White Boss For 5 Years Finally Gets Compensated (Image: Screenshot/YouTube)

A court has ruled that a man with an intellectual disability who was enslaved by a restaurant owner in South Carolina for five years should be paid $546,000 in damages.

On April 21, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the previous sum determined by a district court “failed” in not taking account for federal labor laws, obligating him to $546,000, or twice the amount he was owed from his confinement between 2009 and 2014. 

According to The Washington Post, Edwards forced Smith, 43, into working more than 100 hours a week without pay by using physical abuse, threats, and intimidation.

Bobby Paul Edwards, 56, is presently serving a ten-year term in prison for forced labor.

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