Immigrants of good standing are constantly sought by the States, and to cope with the problem some individuals have been guilty of operating a system of peonage.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews
The Bailey case is one of importance by reason of the fact that the decision handed down by the Supreme Court was an effective blow against the "peonage system," which is an evasion of the constitutional prohibition of slavery.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews
It has not satisfied the Filipino, because he imagines that he is all ready for self-government, but it has done much to lift him out of the dead level of peonage in which the Spaniard kept him and to open the doors of opportunity to young Filipinos with ability and energy.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch