Peonage

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099651
- info:lc/authorities/sh85099651
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85099651#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Bonded labor
- Debt, Servitude for
- Debt bondage
- Debt slavery
- Servitude
- Servitude for debt
Broader Terms
- Forced labor
Related Terms
- Contract labor
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12335947x
Sources
- found: 2008419220: Understanding and eradicating bonded labour in India, 2008: t.p. (bonded labour)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed on Jan. 16, 2009 (Debt bondage or debt slavery or bonded labor are all terms describing a means of paying off loans with direct labor instead of currency or goods. In USA, it is called peonage)
LC Classification
- HD4871-HD4875
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2009-07-09: revised

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