serfage
Example Sentences
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They revived Old World objections, which, to one acquainted with the most every-day workings of serfage, were ridiculous.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Christianity finding men in serfage and degraded all over the earth, had arisen on the fall of the Roman Empire, like a mighty vengeance, though under the aspect of a resignation.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
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)
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 Ingersoll, Robert Green
The question of villeinage and serfage finds no place in it.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by Green, John Richard
