serfage
Example Sentences
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Let every species of serfage and of intermediary lien between the sovereign and the lowest class of people be abolished.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by John Durand
A crowd of rustics, maddened at the thought of revived claims of serfage, of interminable suits of law which had become a tyranny, poured into the streets of the town.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
In the geographical distribution of serfage we can see reflected the origin and history of the institution.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
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
Would not every dog-brother of them be better at home, working his serfage peaceably for his land?
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
