Associations to the word «Peonage»
Noun
- Servitude
- Bondage
- Debt
- Slavery
- Peasantry
- Trafficking
- Labor
- Serf
- Convict
- Abolition
- Negroes
- Statute
- Laborer
- Planter
- Racism
- Amendment
- Segregation
- Plantation
- Emancipation
- Exploitation
- Alabama
- Lumber
- Reconstruction
- Mobility
- Fraud
- Bailey
- Worker
- Discrimination
- African
- Legislation
- Peasant
- Mexico
- Wage
- Anti
- Employer
- Enforcement
- System
- Crop
- Farmer
- South
- Law
- Act
- Person
- Victim
- Protest
- Contract
- Condition
- Territory
- Gang
- Reform
- Black
- Case
- American
- Liberty
- Violence
- Pennsylvania
- Southern
- Sugar
- Poverty
- Indian
- Form
- Labour
- Economy
- Of
- Revolution
- Court
Adjective
Wiktionary
PEONAGE, noun. The state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.
Dictionary definition
PEONAGE, noun. The condition of a peon.
PEONAGE, noun. The practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.