bondwoman
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The bondwoman in question was Elizabeth, or Bett for short, or sometimes even Mum Bett.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2015
In this time a witch came to town as a bondwoman to the wool merchant's widow.
From Time Magazine Archive
This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Twice she had met that one-time bondwoman, Kora, and the meeting left her thoughtful, and not entirely satisfied with herself.
From The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman.
From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Even their bondwomen still spoke a foreign dialect, and commerce with them was mainly by signs.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Sir Hall Caine
So he awarded to Socht the price of seven bondwomen as blood-fine for the slaying of Angus, and restitution of the sword to Socht.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Stephen Reid
Ask them if they want the host across the river to think them turned into a herd of weeping bondwomen.
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
And so he carried her on foot with his bondwomen to look unto her.
From A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 by A Gentleman of Elvas [pseud.]
But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
From The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 4 by Gustave Doré
