What was the role of a medieval slave?

Answer 1

1st Answer:

esne was a medieval lowely laborer or slave this shows that a slave would sevre someone.

2nd Answer:

In modern English, the medieval slaves are called slaves. The Latin word, sometimes used in the Middle Ages was servus.

The serfs, however, were a different group and were not slaves. The difference was that slaves could be bought and sold, and were essentially prisoners kept for labor. By contrast the serfs could not be bought and sold, and apart from the fact that they did not have a right to move off the manor where they lived, they were rather free. Serfs had rights, including the right to live and farm on the manor, and a right to be protected against war, crime, and famine. The rights of slaves were more limited, and in some places pretty much did not exist.

Slavery was banned in England by laws of William the Conqueror, in 1066, and Henry I, in 1102. Serfdom continued, however, until after the Black Death in the 1350s.

Answer 2

In modern English, the medieval slaves are called slaves. The Latin word, sometimes used in the Middle Ages was servus.

The serfs, however, were a different group and were not slaves. The difference was that slaves could be bought and sold, and were essentially prisoners kept for labor. By contrast the serfs could not be bought and sold, and apart from the fact that they did not have a right to move off the manor where they lived, they were rather free. Serfs had rights, including the right to live and farm on the manor, and a right to be protected against war, crime, and famine, and this right was retained, even if the land was sold to a new owner. The rights of slaves were more limited, and in some places pretty much did not exist.

Slavery was banned in England by laws of William the Conqueror, in 1066, and Henry I, in 1102. Serfdom continued, however, until after the Black Death in the 1350s.

Answer 3

To work. That is what slaves do.