serfdom

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At best, the idea relates to some kind of individual flourishing, the opposite of corporate serfdom, a sloughing off of organizational chains leading to an explosion of creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

It is an epic saga of Judah Ben-Hur, the Jewish prince banished to Roman serfdom who after many vicissitudes returns to his people and is converted to Christianity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

In 1861, it abolished serfdom, providing potential workers for factories.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In some parts of the Russian empire, serfdom lingered on for a few more decades.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In Russia, serfdom only finally ended in 1861, two years before Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson