Peonage [noun]

Is it a wonder that he has resolved to go where peonage and blood-hounds are unknown?

The master was tried for peonage in Texas, but was not convicted.

However, the peonage system is not hideous everywhere and in all its aspects.

The truth is that peonage is repugnant to the average American.

But they were just a bunch of pariahs shipped here to live in peonage.

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

In the rural communities of some parts of the South, it has created an "American Congo" in which peonage is practiced openly.

It has been charged that a condition of peonage exists in some of the mining districts of the state.

Peonage, as it is usually understood, means compelling men to work under duress until debts they may owe are paid.

In his message Governor Dawson declared without equivocation that a system of peonage existed under the guard system.