Vagrancy laws and peonage systems are widespread features of post-slavery societies. Bound to the rancho by peonage, the Native Americans were treated like slaves. The report substantiated the traffic of Indian slaves and the prevalence of peonage. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage "(kamiuti)" to moneylenders. Many peasants were subsequently forced into debt peonage ("peonaje") on the "haciendas". Land reform in the 1950s largely eliminated a centuries-old system of debt peonage. Following this ruling, institutional peonage was outlawed. However, its many modern forms continue to include pawning, peonage, and worker debt. The firm was infamous for its style of industrial peonage with immigrant workers. Comer was successful in turning back the peonage investigation. That appointment was then extended to cover peonage matters throughout the country. Quackenbos met fierce resistance to her work to expose peonage.