serfage
Example Sentences
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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 Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
On the other hand, I do not wish to whitewash serfage or attenuate its evil consequences.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
A freeman might deliver himself to serfage by putting a leathern thong upon his neck.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
If we compare the development of serfage in Russia and in Western Europe, we find very many points in common, but in Russia the movement had certain peculiarities.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
The rural tenants found themselves in a mesh of legal claims—old services revived, old dues enforced, endless suits in the King's courts grinding them again to serfage.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
