But there was work to be done down in the Salinas Valley where César Chávez was organizing the grape pickers and lettuce workers out of their state of un-unionized peonage.
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Peonage
/ˈpiːənɪdʒ/
Synonyms for "peonage" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (17)
debt slaverydeprivation of freedomdisenfranchisementdisfranchisementdominationemployemploymentenslavemententhrallmentfeudalismfeudalityhelotismhelotryindentureship
Noun(3 words)
illegal servitudeinvoluntary servitudelabor bondage
Related words (29)
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5 entriesbondage labordebt bondagedebt peonagelabor coercionlegal peonage
Collocations
6 entriesbonded labordebt bondagedebt peonageinvoluntary servitudelabor coercionpeonage system
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriespeonage related
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
"It wasn't just the crowds," Luis said softly. "I saw with my own eyes that Díaz's México is a Potemkin village, Miguel. The México profundo where the poor are so hungry they eat grass and bark. I met Indians whose land is being devoured by Díaz's cronies, entire towns swallowed up, and the people reduced to peonage. I talked to Mexican railroad workers who are paid a fraction of what the American owners pay their own countrymen for the same work."
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