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They are naturally a kind people; but let one example show how serfage can transmute kindness.

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

Nothing certain is known as to the origin of Russian serfage.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

Tendency toward serfage in the Code of 1705.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William

The story of St. Edmundsbury shows how gradual was the transition from pure serfage to an imperfect freedom.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

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 Durand, John