serfage
Example Sentences
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Nothing certain is known as to the origin of Russian serfage.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various
The abundance of land tended to prevent the development of industry, and the little industry which did exist was prevented by serfage from collecting in the towns.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
Whatever may be the result of the movement now made for their emancipation, it certainly can not be more depressing than the existing system of serfage.
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
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 Green, John Richard
My aim has been to represent serfage in its normal, ordinary forms rather than in its occasional monstrous manifestations.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
