serfage

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We must beware of attributing this doctrine of Neifty to the Norman Conquest, which merely supplied names; in definiteness and cruelty nothing could exceed the practice of serfage under the Saxons.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

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

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

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

There is nothing to prevent the successor of Alexander the Second from restoring the system of serfage, with all its concomitant horrors.

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

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)