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EDNY Judge Issues Notable Decision on Forfeiture and Restitution in Peonage Case
NY Blawg Round Up 2008
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EDNY Judge Issues Notable Decision on Forfeiture and Restitution in Peonage Case
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EDNY Judge Issues Notable Decision on Forfeiture and Restitution in Peonage Case
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The practices yankee referenced were notorious; the Supreme Court even struck some of them down in the Peonage Cases.
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The practices yankee referenced were notorious; the Supreme Court even struck some of them down in the Peonage Cases.
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Given my criteria, the Peonage Cases of the early 1900s surely rank high, as they enabled numerous southern blacks to escape a system of forced labor and did so at a time when Jim Crow racism was at its height, and the political branches of government showed little willingness to protect black rights.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Ten Best Supreme Court Decisions 2009
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Peonage is a system where one is bound to service for payment of a debt.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Peonage is a system where one is bound to service for payment of a debt.
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Peonage developed particularly in plantation economies, where employers forced laborers to buy from employer-owned stores, pay inflated prices, and stay in debt.
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Ward was taken to Mississippi where he remained in another form of slavery (Peonage System) for 40 years.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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