serfage

Example Sentences

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We have had to examine its classes or divisions in their relation to freedom, personal slavery, and praedial serfage.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

My aim has been to represent serfage in its normal, ordinary forms rather than in its occasional monstrous manifestations.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

Whatever may be the result of the movement now made for their emancipation, it certainly can not be more depressing than the existing system of serfage.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

They are naturally a kind people; but let one example show how serfage can transmute kindness.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

If we bear all this in mind, we may readily understand that in the time of serfage and maladministration a man could be guilty of very reprehensible practises without incurring social excommunication.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir