serfage
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We have had to examine its classes or divisions in their relation to freedom, personal slavery, and praedial serfage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Nothing certain is known as to the origin of Russian serfage.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various
So serfage became still more difficult to be distinguished from slavery.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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 J. Ross (John Ross) Browne
Before proceeding to describe the Emancipation, it may be well to explain briefly how the Russian peasants became serfs, and what serfage in Russia really was.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
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