42 U.S.C. § 1994 : US Code - Section 1994: Peonage abolished

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1994 : US Code - Section 1994: Peonage abolished

The holding of any person to service or labor under the system
known as peonage is abolished and forever prohibited in any
Territory or State of the United States; and all acts, laws,
resolutions, orders, regulations, or usages of any Territory or
State, which have heretofore established, maintained, or enforced,
or by virtue of which any attempt shall hereafter be made to
establish, maintain, or enforce, directly or indirectly, the
voluntary or involuntary service or labor of any persons as peons,
in liquidation of any debt or obligation, or otherwise, are
declared null and void.