Keep in mind this was also how a lot of jim crow laws worked. ex. it's illegal to be unemployed (enforced against blacks) where unemployed included self-employ

Keep in mind this was also how a lot of jim crow laws worked. ex. it's illegal to be unemployed (enforced against blacks) where unemployed included self-employment. So now you have a large population that is forced to work for any wage or get throw in prison where they're forced into work detail anyways.