bondman

Example Sentences

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It allowed the bondman a large amount of leisure, or time which he need not devote to his master's service; 2.

From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by Baldwin, A.C.

The bondman was now crouching beside the fire, trying to keep the smoke from the white-haired woman with the wolf-skin he wore for a cloak.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

In each case, “whatsoever one may do that is good, this he will receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman or a freeman.”

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

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

Now, being over twenty-one I was my own bondman, and the bank couldn't collect from anybody but me—or the guarantee company.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.