>>18124854Nah.
I mean it could be.
It's an Oliver Twist thing.
Indentured servitude, sons sold into labour for other people.
The term "boy" comes from the Latin bois which is a leather collar or shackle.
This is not a racial term at all. It applied to underage slaves of all races.
But as is usual with these things, Americans like to pretend they invented the English language and have supreme authority to redefine it.