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. However, after ...
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For all the controversy in which teaching about slavery in the Old South remains mired, we often ignore the fact that slavery as an institution persisted past Emancipation. Even well into the 20th ...
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Debating Southwestern Slavery in the Halls of Congress -- Chapter 2. Indian Slavery Meets American Sovereignty -- Chapter 3. The ...
Last week, the League of Nations Temporary Commission on Slavery discussed peonage (employment of peons or laborers). The Commission “tended” toward the conclusion that peonage in the Philippine ...
The above is the title of a paper presented by Brian Browne, at the celebration of the 90th birthday anniversary of Distinguished Prof Adetoun Ogunsheye at the Aboyade Policy Development Centre, ...
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