In 1914, the NAACP won a court case outlawing a system whereby employees would have their wages advanced to them and then would be required to stay on their jobs in a type of slavery until their debts were paid off. This was called

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Peonage is a system of debt labor in which an employer advances wages to an employee, who then becomes indebted and must work off their debt. This system became a form of slavery, as workers were often unable to pay off their debts and were forced to continue working for their employer. The court case won by the NAACP in 1914 outlawed this system, recognizing it as a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition against involuntary servitude.

In 1914, the NAACP Won a Court Case Outlawing a System