corvee
Example Sentences
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To do so, they resurrected corvée, a 19th-century Haitian law for indentured labor.
From New York Times • May 20, 2022
Whether the penalty of imprisonment with hard labor was ever inflicted is questionable; in a country where slavery existed and the corvée was in force there would have been but little need for it.
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The Intendant of Caen had already proposed to the inhabitants of that district the alternative plan of commuting the corvée into a money payment.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John
The days of the corvée were now passed, and harsh impressment no longer compelled the habitant to fight on short rations and without pay.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
The evils of the road corvée, meanwhile remained patent and indisputable.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John
