bondman

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Judah came near to him, and said, O my Lord, let me abide a bondman instead of the lad.

From Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel by Couperus, Louis

"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

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.

"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

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