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why did slaves intentionally accept the debt covenants?​

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Answered by TheGlamorousBoy
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Debt slavery, also called debt servitude, debt bondage, or debt peonage, a state of indebtedness to landowners or merchant employers that limits the autonomy of producers and provides the owners of capital with cheap labour.

Answered by Anonymous
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Peonage, also called debt slavery or debt servitude, is a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work. Legally, peonage was outlawed by Congress in 1867. Workers were often unable to re-pay the debt, and found themselves in a continuous work-without-pay cycle

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