New York to London in an hour - by train

Re:New York to London in an hour - by train by abraham on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @06:37PM (#4103314)

Slave labor and "slave" labor.

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Re:New York to London in an hour - by train by shmulkey18 on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @09:31PM (#4103868)

Slave labor was too expensive to use because you risked losing your valuable capital. Instead new immigrants were used such as Irish (East Coast) or Chinese (West Coast).

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Re:New York to London in an hour - by train by abraham on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @08:32AM (#4105501)

That's the "slave" labor.

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Re:New York to London in an hour - by train by planetguy on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @11:04PM (#4104127)

Slave labour was used sometimes, e.g. the Thailand-Burma railway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Railway

Five hundred men died for every mile of track laid, but hey, they had too many prisoners anyway!

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