peonismn.

1850 D. Webster Speech 7 Mar. in Wks. (1851) V. 351 I suppose there is no slavery of that description in California now. I understand that peonism, a sort of penal servitude, exists there, or rather a sort of voluntary sale of a man and his offspring for debt.

1857 W. W. H. Davis El Gringo ix. 231 Another peculiar feature of New Mexico is the system of domestic servitude called peonism, that has existed, and still exists, in all the Spanish American colonies.

1995 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 61 135 The controversy centred on peonism, which required Italians to work under deplorable conditions in order to fulfill contracts or amortize debts.