bondman
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A fire was indeed coming—was already kindled—which was to set the bondman free: and God was in the fire.
From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
"Are you perfectly sure," asked Adalo, seizing the bondman by the shoulder and forcing him to turn his averted face, "that this horseman was the old Roman?"
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix
The scriptural Joseph had been sold as a bondman into Egypt; this little Joseph seemed to have been brought into the world to be a slave.
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
But brutes are more loyal than human beings: often, very often, Bruna seeks my little maid and Zercho the bondman.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix
A freeman is one who tills his own land, and is no man's vassal or bondman.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
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