bondman
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Sinson took very good care, in the disquietude of his suspicious temper, that his bondman should not be left in the way of temptation.
From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson
In each case, “whatsoever one may do that is good, this he will receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman or a freeman.”
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
If having no wife is to be free, you can hardly call him a bondman.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
Then the North reasoned and counselled with the South; endeavored to show them the great wrongs done to the bondman, and that the nation could not prosper under the terrible curse of slavery.
From The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South by Anonymous
Even comfortable circumstances, which he apparently enjoyed, created in the Malmesbury bondman no satisfaction with his lot.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
In Canada, the bail system is largely predicated on community trust and connections and does not involve large cash deposits and commercial bail bondmen, as it does in many U.S. states.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
As was too often the case, a handful of nervous bondmen informed their masters of what was afoot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2015
In the busiest underwriting week since 1929, bondmen offered $378 million of corporate and municipal bonds to an easy-money market that gulped the flotations and bid for more.
From Time Magazine Archive
Retail bondmen complained of the small percentage of a security's selling price that they must work on.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of masters over twenty or more bondmen in 1856, there were only 256 in Kentucky and 735 in Maryland.
From Liberty In The Nineteenth Century by Frederic May Holland
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