peonage

Example Sentences

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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

“They opposed all forms of free labor—not just slavery but serfdom, peonage, unpaid apprenticeship,” she said, peering at some undergraduates in front.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

The great promise of technical mastery of the world has led to increasing inequality, and for many, penury and new forms of peonage.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2017

Alabama yeomen had returned from the Civil War to face a sea change in agriculture, with those formerly independent farmers joining former slaves in peonage to the large landholders.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2017

Sometimes we feel confident that our pounding away for nearly two years has frightened into inactivity those who were practicing peonage in the same State with the persons convicted and sentenced.

From Peonage The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 15 by Hershaw, Lafayette M.