bondman

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The scriptural Joseph had been sold as a bondman into Egypt; this little Joseph seemed to have been brought into the world to be a slave.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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

Even comfortable circumstances, which he apparently enjoyed, created in the Malmesbury bondman no satisfaction with his lot.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

If having no wife is to be free, you can hardly call him a bondman.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

And now Michael determined, if possible, to make Everope his bondman.

From Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy