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A system of involuntary servitude n which the laborer is forced to work off a debt. This was mostly used on Mexicans and African Americans.

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What best describes debt peonage?

Debt peonage (wage slavery) is when an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work.


What term refers to the condition of workers who could never afford to pay what they owed to a company store?

Debt peonage


Which of these is similar to the system of debt peonage?

The system of sharecropping is similar to debt peonage. In sharecropping, farmers work the land in exchange for a share of the crops, often leading to cycles of debt and dependency similar to debt peonage. Both systems exploited individuals by trapping them in cycles of debt and labor.


What is the debt peonage?

Having to stay at one job just to pay what you owe


What region did debt peonage exist?

Debt Peonage was practiced in Peru from the 16th century until 1950. This was the practice wherein workers has to meet a required working time in a week and that they are not allowed to go beyond the land assigned to them.


How did the peonage system affect latin America?

The peonage system is a system of involuntary servitude used to pay off debt to creditors. The peonage system affected Latin America by encouraging slavery in Latin American countries.


What must a person do if they were in a situation of debt peonage?

Pay off debts through labor


Describe the system of peonage in Latin America?

In peonage, free workers were not much better off than the slaves. Since wages were low and prices were high, workers were in debt. Their debt accumulated and passed from one generation to the next.


Which term refers to the Constitution of workers who could never afford to pay what they owed?

debt peonage (apex)


What describes the condition called debt peonage?

having to stay at one job just to pay what you owe


which terms refers to the condition of workers who could never afford to pay what they owe to a company?

Debt peonage


In what region did debt peonage exist?

Debt Peonage was practiced in Peru from the 16th century until 1950. This was the practice wherein workers has to meet a required working time in a week and that they are not allowed to go beyond the land assigned to them.