The difference between Bondsman and Freeman

Bondsman as a noun:

A male slave.

Bondsman as a noun:

A male indentured servant.

Bondsman as a noun:

Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations.

Freeman as a noun (usually, _, historical):

A free person, particularly: A person who is not a serf or slave. A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others. An honorary freeman: a person who has received an honorary freedom of a city. A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship. A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom. An independent fur trapper.