bondman

Example Sentences

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He is not a bondman of any one's my lady, for he told me so himself.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

Even against his lord the bondman had some standing ground for a civil action.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Beulah, I will be a bondman no longer.

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.

Then the North reasoned and counselled with the South; endeavored to show them the great wrongs done to the bondman, and that the nation could not prosper under the terrible curse of slavery.

From The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South by Anonymous

It is always important to decide whether a bondman is in the seisin of his lord or not, and the chief means to show it is to trace his connexion with the territorial lordship.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul