6. "Serf" is the French word for "Slave". During the Middle Ages (800 A.D. to 1400 A.D.) 90% of all Europeans were "serfs". These "serfs" were tied to the land and required to work for the land owner (royalty). The "serfs" were not allowed to travel, read and write, or leave the property. They were punished for transgressions by public flogging, or whippings. Many Europeans who first came to America were fleeing this oppressive social order...only to set up a more oppressive and more violent system in the new colonies in America.
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William Schaeffer
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