Anti-Peonage Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy Peonage Abolition Act of 1867
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:codifiedIn 18 U.S.C. § 1581
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1867
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:fullTitle An Act to Abolish and Forever Prohibit the System of Peonage in the Territory of New Mexico and Other Parts of the United States
gptkbp:historicalName post-Civil War Reconstruction era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anti-Peonage Act
gptkbp:penalty fine or imprisonment
gptkbp:prohibits holding any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage
gptkbp:purpose to abolish peonage
to prohibit involuntary servitude
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:significance strengthened federal enforcement against forced labor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clyatt_v._United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7