serfage

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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)

In the time of serfage the proprietors clearly perceived these and similar advantages, and compelled their serfs to live together in large families.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

If serfage did not create that moral apathy and intellectual lethargy which formed, as it were, the atmosphere of Russian provincial life, it did much at least to preserve it.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

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

They revived Old-World objections, which, to one acquainted with the most every-day workings of serfage, were ridiculous.

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