Black man enslaved by South Carolina restaurant manager is owed $546,000, court rules

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5. Why wasn't he charged with committing a hate crime?

From the article:

Smith was kept from his family, called racial slurs, whipped with belts and kitchen pans, and burned with metal tongues that had been dipped in hot grease during what court documents called a “reign of terror”, the Washington Post reported.

Yet he was only charged with one count of forced labor for coercing Smith to work extensive hours with no pay.