42 U.S.C. § 1994 — Peonage abolished
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Peonage is abolished and permanently prohibited in every United States State and Territory. Laws or practices that establish, maintain, or enforce peonage for a debt or otherwise are void.
No person may be held to service or labor under peonage in any United States State* or Territory. Every law, order, regulation, practice, or other act that established, maintained, or enforced peonage—or attempted to do so—for repayment of a debt or obligation or for any other reason is void.
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.
Source credit: (R.S. § 1990.)
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