bondage
Example Sentences
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“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
"Slavery-like conditions", as defined by Brazilian law, include debt bondage and work that violates human dignity.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024
Indian bondage was more common still in the southern colonies.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing bondage
Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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The Tempest
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