White businessmen forced emancipated slaves to take on debts in exchange for paying the fines levied against them by the legal system, creating a bond that employers exploited to ensure the debt could never be repaid.

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  Bonded Labor | Debt Bondage or Peonage - End Slavery Now

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• Bonded Labor | Debt Bondage or Peonage - End Slavery Now www.endslaverynow.org End Slavery Now via serper

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• slavery concept