different between slavery vs peonage

English

Etymology 1

From slave +? -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sle?v??i/, /?sle?v?i/

Noun

slavery (usually uncountable, plural slaveries)

1. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
2. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
3. (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,

     Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.

Translations

See also

• debt bondage
• bonded labor
• bonded labour

Etymology 2

slaver +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæv??i/, /?slæv?i/

Adjective

slavery (comparative more slavery, superlative most slavery)

1. Covered in slaver; slobbery.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “slavery”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• slavery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “slavery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

• Laverys, Varleys

English

Etymology

From peon +? -age.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pi??n?d?/

Noun

peonage (plural peonages)

1. The state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 217:

     But there was work to be done down in the Salinas Valley where César Chávez was organizing the grape pickers and lettuce workers out of their state of un-unionized peonage.

   • 2014, Michael Nava, The City of Palaces, Terrace Books 2014, p. 191:

     "It wasn't just the crowds," Luis said softly. "I saw with my own eyes that Díaz's México is a Potemkin village, Miguel. The México profundo where the poor are so hungry they eat grass and bark. I met Indians whose land is being devoured by Díaz's cronies, entire towns swallowed up, and the people reduced to peonage. I talked to Mexican railroad workers who are paid a fraction of what the American owners pay their own countrymen for the same work."

Related terms

• peonage slavery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “peonage”, in Online Etymology Dictionary