1 ) What is Serfdom ?
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Answer:the state of being a serf or feudal labourer.
serf·dom | \ ˈsərf-dəm
, -təm \
Definition of serfdom
: the condition of a tenant farmer bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of a landlord : the state or fact of being a serf
: the condition of a tenant farmer bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of a landlord : the state or fact of being a serfDespite obvious personal repugnance for serfdom, she enhanced the powers of nobles to demand more labor from their ill-treated and unorganized serfs.
_________definition by— Carol S. Leonard
Servitude stretched from serfdom in Russia to the sugar plantations of the Caribbean to the indigenous slave systems in Africa that supplied both the Arabian and Atlantic trades.
Servitude stretched from serfdom in Russia to the sugar plantations of the Caribbean to the indigenous slave systems in Africa that supplied both the Arabian and Atlantic trades.— Adam Hochschild
Examples of serfdom in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Called the Nakaz, or Instruction, the 1767 document outlined the empress’ vision of a progressive Russian nation, even touching on the heady issue of abolishing serfdom.
— Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Story of Catherine the Great," 15 May 2020
The shift in power set into motion by the black death—the opportunity that came when the world split open—led to money replacing obligation and the abolition of serfdom in much of the West.
The shift in power set into motion by the black death—the opportunity that came when the world split open—led to money replacing obligation and the abolition of serfdom in much of the West.— Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, "Things to Come," 23 June 2020
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