corvee

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To do so, they resurrected corvée, a 19th-century Haitian law for indentured labor.

From New York Times • May 20, 2022

A right like the corvée had a sinister meaning.

From A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 by Wrong, George McKinnon

I am glad for the poor lad that the corvée of settling is over; he was dying to get back to his work.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

Bavarian soldiers in greasy corvée lumbered among the charred chaos searching for their dead.

From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

The corvée, vexatious as it was, yet excited less violent heats and inflicted less misery than the abuses of military service.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John