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Peonage |
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A condition of enforced servitude by which a person is restrained of his or her liberty and compelled to labor in payment of some debt or obligation. Cross-referencesHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 50) Pete Daniels, The Shadow of Slavery: Peonage in the South, 1901-1969 (Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1972). the degradation of the blacks through peonage, unjust laws, unfair and cruel treatment; and the degradation of the whites by resorting to these practices, the paralyzation of the public conscience, and the ever over-hanging dread of what the future might bring. He was hired to lure underdeveloped countries into expensive infrastructure projects which put them into debt and ultimately into debt peonage to the global financial institutions, which sapped their autonomy. |
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