serfage
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, I do not wish to whitewash serfage or attenuate its evil consequences.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
During her reign serfage may be said to have reached its climax.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
They include also serfage, vassalage, villanage, peonage, and all other forms of compulsory service for the mere benefit or pleasure of others.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
A crowd of rustics, maddened at the thought of revived claims of serfage, of interminable suits of law, poured into the streets of the town.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
So long as serfage existed it was mere mockery to talk about re-organising Russia according to the latest results of political and social science.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
