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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RobertR" data-source="post: 1592187" data-attributes="member: 228467">can a slave complain to his master? Serfdom involved not only work in fields, but also various other activities, like forestry, mining, transportation (both land and river-based), and crafts. Manors formed the basic unit of society during this period, and the lord and his serfs were bound legally, economically, and socially. Serfs were labourers who were bound to the land; they formed the lowest social class of the feudal society. Serfs were also defined as people in whose labour landowners held property rights</blockquote>