Peonage continued after abolition and farmers killed men to hide it

Evidence

In the same year as what came to be known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, a case in Georgia captured national attention. Federal officials were investigating a farmer in Jasper County for using peonage, a form of involuntary servitude based on indebtedness that was outlawed in 1867. Through this practice, the farmer had effectively enslaved a number of Black men. To conceal his actions from investigators, the farmer murdered the men working for him. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 904

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines peonage as involuntary servitude based on indebtedness, outlawed in 1867 but still practiced.