debt slavery: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - Science's debt to the slave trade. Dec 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Scholarly Commons - Debt Bondage: How Private Collection Agencies Keep the Formerly Incarcerated Tethered to the Criminal Justice System (PDF). Sep 17, 2025
Add new Web site: EngagedScholarship at Cleveland State University - The New Debt Peonage in the Era of Mass Incarceration (PDF). Aug 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - 'Death, obligation and the origins of slavery', CHERRY Discussion Paper 13/02, University of York. May 10, 2025
Changed “black” to “Black.” Aug 27, 2020
Noted that between 1880 and 1930 the proportion of Southern farms operated by the tenants increased from 36 to 55 percent. Aug 28, 2019
Add new Web site: End Slavery Now - Bonded Labor. May 31, 2018
New article added. Aug 07, 2015
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