They’re not serfs unless they’re legally tied to the land, unable to leave and ply their trades elsewhere. And to whomever happens to be the lord of the land at that time. Make no mistake, serfdom is slavery. It’s not chattel slavery, it’s not indentured servitude, but it’s a kind all its own I suppose.
Not that you wouldn’t know all that already, mate.
They were better off than Africans in many other colonies, but the fact remains that most of the land was in white hands. I’m not justifying the white colony or the black resistance to it; it is irrelevant to me. I just don’t hink blacks revolted because they were tired of being treated so darn well...