Peon
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For the fortress of ancient Galatia, see Peium.
"Peonage" redirects here. For further information, see Debt bondage.
Peon (English /ˈpiːɒn/ PEE-on, from the Spanish peón Spanish pronunciation: [peˈon]) usually refers to a person subject to peonage: any form of wage labor, financial exploitation, coercive economic practice, or policy in which the victim or a laborer (peon) has little control over employment or economic conditions. Peon and peonage can refer to both the colonial period and post-colonial period of Latin America, as well as the period after the end of slavery in the United States, when "Black Codes" were passed to retain African-American freedmen as labor through other means.