serfage

On the other hand, I do not wish to whitewash serfage or attenuate its evil consequences.

From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace

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

A crowd of rustics, maddened at the thought of revived claims of serfage, of interminable suits of law, poured into the streets of the town.

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green

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

Cancel charters of manumission as the council might, serfage was henceforth a doomed and perishing thing.

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green