peonage

It's not too extreme to call it wage slavery or debt peonage (albeit at a rather high standard of living).

就算把他们称之为工资的奴隶或是债务的奴隶都不为过(即使是在一个相当高的生活标准下)。

in the rural districts of the South this amounts to peonage and virtual slavery: all over the South it tends to crush labor and small business enterprises;

在南部乡村,这种不平等发展为劳役偿债和实际上的奴役制;在整个南部,它趋于挤垮劳方和小型企业;

peonage

n. 当奴工偿债, 其制度

peonage labour

偿债劳动