 ... improving their condition is their being drawn to serve in the army. A Russian proprietor reckons the value of his property, not by its annual income, but by the number of male slaves upon it ; but the relation in which the agricultural serf or slave...  Domestic scenes in Russia, letters - Side 137av Richard Lister Venables - 1839 - 348 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 312 sider
...in most respects, that of a small tenant : the principal difference being that he cannot change bis employment, or move from home without his master's...obrok, in lieu of service. As a general rule, he has a bouse and a portion of land, for which he pays rent in labour, instead of money. He works three days... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 sider
...relation in which the agricultural serf or slave practically stands to his master, is in most respect? that of a small tenant ; the principal difference...for which he pays rent in labour instead of money ; working three days a-week for his master, and having the other three at his own disposal. The slaves... | |
 | Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852 - 780 sider
...male slaves upon it ; but the relation in which the agricultural serf or slave practically stands to his master, is in most respects that of a small tenant...house and a portion of land, for which he pays rent in labor instead of money ; working three days a-week for his master, and having the other three at his... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1855 - 1010 sider
...male slaves upon it ; but the relation in which the agricultural serf or slave practically stands to his master is in most respects that of a small tenant...house and a portion of land, for which he pays rent in labor instead of money; working three days each week for his master, and having the other three at... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 1016 sider
...number of male serfs upon it ; but the relation m which the agricultural serf practically stands to his master, is in most respects that of a small tenant...house and a portion of land, for which he pays rent in labor instead of money ; working three days a week for his master, and having the other three at his... | |
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