<span>Both enslavement and indentured servitude were both forms of forced labor. Each is a form of forced labor because those in that condition were obligated to perform work. Indentured servitude was not a form of slavery or imprisonment because indentured servants retained some rights beyond those of slaves or prisoners. Many indentured servants, and even some slaves, received wages for their labor, but neither status could properly be considered a form of wage labor because both slaves and indentured servants could be required to work in the absence wages.</span>
Farmers were facing many problems in the late 1800s. ... To deal with problems which could be solved politically, farmers organized groups and eventually a political party. Groups like the Grange worked to help farmers deal with high railroad shipping costs and high interest rates.
