peonage

Example Sentences

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Rather, the poorer and more vulnerable you are, the more you are exploited, thrust into a hellish debt peonage from which there is no escape.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2022

The peonage system lasted across the South for seven decades until World War II, yet many Americans have never heard of it.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2021

Her empathetic portraits of African-American field hands shine a light on a system of peonage that predated and outlasted the 1930s.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2020

During the next two centuries, New England Indians also suffered indentured servitude, convict labor, and debt peonage, which often resulted in the enslavement of the debtor’s children.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

Horse-hire, peonage, and most mechanical work must be paid for in advance.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James