bondswoman

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Still the laws of the Republic made woman practically the bondswoman of man.

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The trader said this was to express her gratitude—the empty shell and small fish signifying poverty, while the gift of hair denoted that she was a bondswoman to me for life.

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She is a free woman, but I would not exchange the dusky bondswoman for five of her class.

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Time seemed to soften the hearts of master and mistress, and to insure kinder and more humane treatment to bondsmen and bondswomen.

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A free woman, thou shalt be my friend and thy daughter shall be thy happy bondswoman.

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