Definition of Peonage. Meaning of Peonage. Synonyms of Peonage

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Definition of Peonage

Peonage
Peonage Pe"on*age, n. The condition of a peon.

Meaning of Peonage from wikipedia

- Spanish pronunciation: [peˈon]) usually refers to a person subject to peonage: any form of wage labor, financial exploitation, coercive economic practice...
- The Peonage Abolition Act of 1867 was an Act p****ed by the U.S. Congress on March 2, 1867, that abolished peonage in the New Mexico Territory and elsewhere...
- Debt bondage, also known as debt slavery, bonded labour, or peonage, is the pledge of a person's services as security for the repayment for a debt or...
- has rarely been cited in case law, but it has been used to strike down peonage and some race-based discrimination as "badges and incidents of slavery"...
- family pleaded not guilty. They were found guilty of violating 18 USC 77 §, Peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons by a grand jury on March 18, 1943...
- used threats of violence worked with law enforcement to keep people in peonage. Smithsonian Institution historian Pete Daniel noted that "white people...
- crime. However, unfree labor still existed legally in the form of the peonage system, especially in the New Mexico Territory, debt bondage, penal labor...
- and Violence Protection Act (VTVPA) of 2000 extended servitude to cover peonage as well as Involuntary Servitude. Bracero program Coolie Debt Bondage English...
- four Flagler employment agents in 1908 for "conspiracy to hold workmen in peonage and slavery," the Flagler-owned The Florida Times-Union and other Florida...
- districts Constitutional conventions of 1867 Habeas Corpus Act of 1867 Peonage Act of 1867 First impeachment inquiry into Andrew Johnson 1867 State of...