bondman

Example Sentences

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"I think you are in love with that tall bondman of the Saxon chieftain's, Jeannette."

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

The bondman dwelt with his wife and child near his master in special huts, which were erected on the land that was allotted to him for cultivation.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

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

Instead it involved and assured for every bondman a full emancipation, and for every freeman full title forever to every unalienable right.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

One who is absent wishes to free his bondman in the assembly.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix