nerv111

Oh, we have discussed this before...
and the consensus is that Egypt had serfdom; but now what is the definition of serfdom in that case?

serf [surf ] (plural serfs) noun

1. medieval farmworker: an agricultural worker, especially in feudal Europe, who cultivated land belonging to a landowner, and who was bought and sold with the land. A serf was little better off than an enslaved laborer. Without the landowner's permission, a serf could not leave his or her plot of land or village, marry, or change occupation.

2. enslaved laborer: somebody who is, or is like, an enslaved laborer

Clearly this definition dose not fit with the system in Kemet, so what are the characteristics of Kemetic serfdom, and what term should we use to describe it?