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bondage

[bon-dij] / ˈbɒn dɪdʒ /


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In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

“This festival is intended to lift up our ancestors that came to this country in bondage, terrorized, brutalized,” Ludlow said outside City Hall on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2026

His 1845 autobiography, a blistering tale of bondage in Maryland and a daring flight to freedom, remains one of history’s fiercest attacks on slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

During the same oral argument, you had Neil Gorsuch insisting that the book "Pride Puppy" involved a sex worker who was into bondage.

From Salon May 16, 2025

Besides the seventeen refugees from Washington’s home, more than twenty enslaved people from Thomas Jefferson’s properties were also in Yorktown, along with thousands of others who had escaped bondage.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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