corvee
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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
The corvée, vexatious as it was, yet excited less violent heats and inflicted less misery than the abuses of military service.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John
The myriads of unpaid labourers who were drafted by corvée from among the Chinese people subsequently enlisted, they or their children, under the revolutionary banner which expelled the oppressive Mongols.
From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)
The evils of the road corvée, meanwhile remained patent and indisputable.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John
See Land: employed by the temples, 211 form of tenancy, 65, 253-256, 196, 197 Metrology, contributions to, 380 Micheau stone, 131 Militia, statute-labor, corvée.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
