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What is forced labor?

What is forced labor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (American) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.
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Myanmar's ruling junta passed a degree in September 1999 declaring forced labor illegal.
The French set up a bureaucracy to administer the colony and collected taxes and requisitioned forced labor.
I heard stories about suffering, especially of the Indonesians in forced labor, the romusha.
Some landlords attempted to reassert forced labor dues, which the peasants heroically resisted.
No doubt, slavery had a profound impact on the Americas, but more than simply a supply of forced labor.
How did Mark Twain end up fighting against forced labor in the Belgian Congo?

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