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

It is well known that the 14th Amendment revolutionized our Constitution, changing a document that sanctioned bondage into one that promised liberation and equal citizenship.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024

CAL also found evidence of debt bondage, a form of forced labor that involves “recruitment fees,” often paid with a loan, with workers essentially indentured until their debts are settled.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

Night after night they slipped into each other’s cabins and talked of the man Denmark Vesey, of freedom, of the children of Israel and how they were led out of bondage.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry