Peonage Act of 1867

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The Peonage Act of 1867 is a U.S. federal law that criminalized debt peonage and other forms of forced labor, reinforcing the abolition of slavery established by the Thirteenth Amendment.

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Generate an image of the Peonage Act of 1867 (The Peonage Act of 1867 is a U.S. federal law that criminalized debt peonage and other forms of forced labor, reinforcing the abolition of slavery established by the Thirteenth Amendment.)

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Peonage Act of 1867 canonical 3
Anti-Peonage Act 1
Enforcement Acts 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
anti-slavery law ⓘ
aimedAt preventing re-creation of slavery through debt labor systems ⓘ
protecting formerly enslaved people from coerced labor arrangements ⓘ
appliesTo employers ⓘ
private individuals ⓘ
state officials who enforce peonage ⓘ
basedOn Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
classification anti-peonage statute ⓘ
civil rights enforcement statute ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criminalizes aiding in the enforcement of peonage contracts ⓘ
holding any person to service or labor in liquidation of any debt ⓘ
knowingly holding or returning a person to a condition of peonage ⓘ
enforces Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
historicalContext Reconstruction era ⓘ
post–American Civil War period ⓘ
inspiredLater subsequent federal anti-peonage and forced labor enforcement actions ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageCharacterization broadly worded to cover various forms of debt-based coercion ⓘ
legalArea civil rights law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
legalEffect made peonage a federal crime ⓘ
preempted state laws or practices that supported peonage ⓘ
penaltyType fine ⓘ
fine and imprisonment ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
prohibits debt peonage ⓘ
forced labor to work off a debt ⓘ
holding a person to service or labor under the system known as peonage ⓘ
involuntary servitude for debt ⓘ
peonage ⓘ
protects freedom from involuntary servitude ⓘ
individuals from being compelled to work to pay off debts ⓘ
purpose to criminalize debt peonage in the United States ⓘ
to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
to prohibit holding any person to service or labor for debt ⓘ
recognizedBy United States Supreme Court as an enforcement of the Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
relatedTo Black Codes ⓘ
Reconstruction civil rights legislation ⓘ
abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ
involuntary servitude ⓘ
sectionOfConstitutionEnforced Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
usedIn federal prosecutions against peonage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ

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