bondslave

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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

Do but say his horse stales with a good presence, and he's your bondslave.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

Hitherto I have been driven with revolt to what I would not; I was a bondslave to poverty, driven and scourged.

From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding

Semifonte had been told of his bondslave, and Palamone's hour of triumph was at hand.

From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Have ruth on one distraught, the bondslave of your love, Sorry      and sick and full of longings ever new.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John