helots

If in Greece the helots were a group of men who did not have access to the means of life and men deprived of their rights, these were our peasants -- men without the means of livelihood and men virtually deprived of their rights, because the peasant not only was denied land, but he was even denied education.

JULY MEETING IN THE CIVIC PLAZA 1959

Proving that they are not the "helots" that Walter Brennan has been railing against all along.

Meet John Doe (1941) Jacqueline T Lynch 2008

We are asked, in fact, to create a class of political 'helots' in South Africa, where we are now waging a bloody and costly war ostensibly for the purpose of putting an end to a similar state of affairs. "

Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 1898

He was a helot in the great hunt of helots that the masters were making.

Chapter 24: Nightmare 2010

Poor driven people of the abyss, hunted helots -- they lay there as the rabbits in California after a drive. 1 Up the street and down I looked.

Chapter 24: Nightmare 2010

I also do not want to live in Sparta, transformed into a garrison society due to the need to suppress the helots.

Cheers for a Two-Tier Society, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Doesn't she understand the reactionary pessimism of the local helots?

The Learning Curve 2010

But the settlers find it more enjoyable to deal with stateless helots.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Israel’s legal rights to Judea and Samaria 2009

But the settlers find it more enjoyable to deal with stateless helots.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Israel’s legal rights to Judea and Samaria 2009

In fact, the creation of a great number of helots in Messenia caused great problems and led to the introduction of a strict military discipline among the Spartans, who became a specialized military class.

OpEdNews - Diary: Palestinians in Gaza, the Modern Helots 2008