A better term for a classical comparison would be serfdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Becoming_a_serf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Becoming_

A better term for a classical comparison would be serfdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Becoming_a_serf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Becoming_a_serf Although, slavery existed within the feudal system as the lowest class of serf.