A History of Slavery and Its AbolitionHenry G. Bohn, 1844 - 648 páginas |
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... villeins , ) were not merely attached to the land , from which they could not be separated , but where they paid to the master a fixed sum for rent , or yielded him a certain quantity of labour ; for example , so many days ' labour ...
... villeins , ) were not merely attached to the land , from which they could not be separated , but where they paid to the master a fixed sum for rent , or yielded him a certain quantity of labour ; for example , so many days ' labour ...
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... villeins , as they were called , ) by whom the land was cultivated , and who were attached to the lands of their arbitrary land- lords . These were called national slaves , and en- joyed some peculiar privileges ; in particular , they ...
... villeins , as they were called , ) by whom the land was cultivated , and who were attached to the lands of their arbitrary land- lords . These were called national slaves , and en- joyed some peculiar privileges ; in particular , they ...
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... villein must have been born on the estate of a certain master , to whose ancestors his father and more remote progenitors had belonged . In case a master could not prove this claim , or if , on the death of a master , the suc- cessor or ...
... villein must have been born on the estate of a certain master , to whose ancestors his father and more remote progenitors had belonged . In case a master could not prove this claim , or if , on the death of a master , the suc- cessor or ...
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... villein , the insulted female , the son of a murdered slave , might appeal against their haughty lord , and not only inflict on him the penalty due to his of- fence , but , at the same time , obtain their liberty , as some reparation of ...
... villein , the insulted female , the son of a murdered slave , might appeal against their haughty lord , and not only inflict on him the penalty due to his of- fence , but , at the same time , obtain their liberty , as some reparation of ...
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... villein , he could not establish it , unless at least two of his own villeins attended in court , who should acknowledge themselves the born vassals of the claimant , and prove their de- scent from the same male stock as the party ...
... villein , he could not establish it , unless at least two of his own villeins attended in court , who should acknowledge themselves the born vassals of the claimant , and prove their de- scent from the same male stock as the party ...
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