bondman

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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

Fiercely agitated by such thoughts, he sent the bondman, who was crouching beside the fire, to the tent.

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

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

"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