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Debt slavery can persist across generations, future generations being made to work to pay off debts incurred by past generations.

Debt bondage is today considered a form of " modern day slavery " in international law, and banned as such, in Article 1 ( a ) of the United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery.

Nevertheless, the practice continues in some nations.

In most developed nations, debts cannot be inherited.