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Definition of Peonage
1. Noun. The condition of a peon.
2. Noun. The practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged.
Definition of Peonage
1. n. The condition of a peon.
Definition of Peonage
1. Noun. The state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peonage
1. the condition of being a peon [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peonage
Literary usage of Peonage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"PEONS AND peonage. Peon is a Spanish word signifying a day laborer, and in South
America is ... By the word peonage is meant compulsory service based on the ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"peonage who will pay the amount due and assume the obligations of the master.
One who has obtained money on agreement to work cannot complain of Involuntary ..."
3. Select Statutes and Other Documents Illustrative of the History of the by William MacDonald (1903)
"Abolition of peonage March a, 1867 THE annual report of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs for 1866 called attention to the evils of peonage in New Mexico, ..."
4. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of by United States, Edward Thompson Company (1918)
"peonage is sometimes classified as voluntary or involuntary; ... A clear distinction
exists betwen peonage and the voluntary performance of labor or ..."
5. Principles of Labor Legislation by John Rogers Commons, John Bertram Andrews (1920)
"peonage. peonage has been defined as a "status or condition of compulsory service
based upon ... Together with peonage a system of large estates grew up. ..."
6. Annotated Forms of Federal Procedure by Frank Olds Loveland, George Washington Rightmire (1920)
"See peonage Cases, 123 Fed. 671. No. 1262. Indictment for Violation of Sees.
37 and 269 of the Penal Code. Conspiracy and peonage. ..."
7. Selected Articles on the Negro Problem by Julia Emily Johnsen (1921)
"The first peg in abolishing peonage, nevertheless, has been entered successfully
and with continual agitation against it such as is being waged by the ..."
8. The Public Conscience: Social Judgments in Statute and Common Law by George Clarke Cox (1922)
"peonage " The dependence of contract reaches its worst phase in the so-called
... peonage contracts in our South and some of the contracts for Italians made ..."
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