What type of labor did Lomax link to the birth of the blues?
Debt peonage
Factory work
Railroad work
Mining
Answer
Debt peonage, a system of forced labor in which individuals are bound to work off debts, was linked by Alan Lomax to the birth of the blues. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many African Americans in the South were trapped in this system, working on plantations or in other industries to repay debts that often grew larger over time.
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