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bondage

[bon-dij] / ˈbɒn dɪdʒ /


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He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.

From Salon Aug. 16, 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

The history of slavery under Islam involved multiple forms of bondage that stretched across continents and generations.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

"I refuse to be trapped by the bondage that someone attempted to put on me by attacking us as they did last night," he told reporters.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2025

Isaac often described the people who held him in bondage as kind and decent.

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




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