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Peonage
Meaning
Noun
●
In Slavery:
The
state of being
a
peon
; the system of
paying back
debt
through
servitude
and
labour
;
loosely
, any system of
involuntary
servitude
.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
peonage
English
-age
English
-age
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
-aticum
Latin
peon
English
peón
Spanish
pedo
Latin
pes
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Serfdom
Servitude
Slavery
Enslavement
Wage Slavery
Debt Bondage
Forced Labor
Chattel Slavery
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