bondslave

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Despised bondslave, since my lord doth hate   These locks, why keep I them or hold them dear?

From Jerusalem Delivered by Fairfax, Edward

Modern society has declared itself on the side of necessity: while acknowledging man preeminently free in his relations to others, it yet considers him as the bondslave of motives.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

She amuses herself––poor little bondslave, who has only changed masters!

From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis

"Yes," she continued, "I am the bondslave to people whose names I do not even know, who can control my every movement and action."

From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile

PHW #28 228 “O bondslave of the world! ... returned whence it came.”

From The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh