Is it true that mine workers were confined in compounds and not allowed to move freely in Africa?

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The above statement is true. Mine workers were confined in compounds and not allowed to move freely in Africa.
Due to a labor shortage, European employers adopted various strategies to find and keep workers. High taxes could only be paid by working on plantations and mines for wages. Due to changes in inheritance laws, which only permitted one family member to inherit the land, the other family members were driven into labor, and the peasants were pushed off their property. The freedom of movement was restricted for mineworkers, who were also confined to compounds. Then the deadly cattle disease rinderpest appeared.

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