Peonage - Wikipedia Peonage is any form of wage labor, financial exploitation, coercive economic practice, or policy in which the victim or a laborer (peon) has little control over employment or economic conditions
Peonage | Forced Labor, Debt Bondage Coercion | Britannica peonage, form of involuntary servitude, the origins of which have been traced as far back as the Spanish conquest of Mexico, when the conquerors were able to force the poor, especially the Indians, to work for Spanish planters and mine operators
Peonage | U. S. Constitution Annotated | US Law | LII Legal . . . Pursuant to its section 2 enforcement powers, Congress enacted a statute by which it abolished peonage and prohibited anyone from holding, arresting, or returning, or causing or aiding in the arresting or returning, of a person to peonage 31
Slavery v. Peonage | Themes | Slavery by Another Name | PBS Peonage, also called debt slavery or debt servitude, is a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work Legally, peonage was outlawed by Congress in 1867
Peonage Law and Legal Definition | USLegal, Inc. Peonage is a condition in which debtors are bound in servitude to their creditors until their debts are discharged It is a status of compulsory service, based upon the indebtedness of the peon to the master
Peonage and forced labor, Slavery by another name Peonage is a type of involuntary servitude of laborers (peons) having little control over their employment conditions Peonage existed historically during the colonial period, especially in Latin America and areas of Spanish rule