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"Unlike slaves, serfs could not be bought, sold, or traded individually, though they could, depending on the area, be sold together with land."

The children of the wealthy were also treated like possessions or unfree employees. Daughters married off to some family in exchange for land, or influence or cattle. Sons forced into marrying wealth, to increase the father's holdings and influence.

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