The earliest United States legislation outlawed bonded labor under the Spanish name 'peonage,' a practice that surged following the legal emancipation of United States slaves in 1865.

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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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• peonage concept
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• debt bondage concept