bondslave

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"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

Love, which is the soul of art—Love, the bondslave of Beauty and the son of Poverty by Craft—led him to these triumphs.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

I could not have waited for him all my life here, toiling ignominiously like a bondslave.

From The King of the Dark Chamber by Tagore, Rabindranath

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

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

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