corvee

Example Sentences

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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

The hateful slavery of the Cagayanes had been abolished; the forced cultivation of tobacco was a thing of the past, and in all the Archipelago the corvée had been reduced.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

The myriads of unpaid labourers who were drafted by corvée from among the Chinese people subsequently enlisted, they or their children, under the revolutionary banner which expelled the oppressive Mongols.

From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)

"But they don't believe in the corvée, surely?"

From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

Something analogous to the corvée existed, I believe, in Hungary till a comparatively recent period, when it was commuted for rent.

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.