indentured servitude ↔ U.S.

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cross_type 2.32 — strongly supporting 4 facts

Indentured servitude is historically and legally linked to the U.S. through the colonial practice of debt-based labor contracts [1], as well as modern critiques regarding how the U.S. legal system [2] and lending practices [3] [4] create conditions that resemble such servitude.

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Systemic Debt Slavery - David Korten davidkorten.org David Korten · davidkorten.org 2 facts

perspectiveThe United States legal system enforces modern indentured servitude by favoring the rights of property over the rights of people.

accountDuring the early colonial period in the United States, individuals unable to pay for passage to the New World committed to a period of indentured service to the person who paid their debt to the ship captain.

The Impacts of Individual and Household Debt on Health and Well ... apha.org American Public Health Association 2 facts

claimSome lenders in the United States have exploited the psychological meaning of debt to create circumstances that resemble indentured servitude.

claimSome lenders in the United States exploit the psychological meaning of debt to create circumstances that resemble indentured servitude.