United States ↔ debt bondage

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Debt bondage is historically linked to the United States through early legislation outlawing peonage [1], its persistence following the Thirteenth Amendment [2], and its eventual decline due to labor union strikes [3].

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History of forced labor in the United States - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 2 facts

claimThe truck system and associated debt bondage in the United States persisted until strikes organized by the United Mine Workers and affiliated unions forced an end to these practices.

claimFollowing the Thirteenth Amendment, unfree labor continued to exist legally in the United States through the peonage system (especially in the New Mexico Territory), debt bondage, penal labor, convict leasing, and the truck system.

Bonded Labor | Debt Bondage or Peonage - End Slavery Now endslaverynow.org End Slavery Now 1 fact

claimThe earliest United States legislation outlawed bonded labor under the Spanish term 'peonage'.