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

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh, but he of the free woman was by promise; which things are an allegory,” etc.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.

She balanced a heavy water pitcher on her head and wore a rough surplice, more decorous than the dress of the average bondwoman, but the habit of a slave, nevertheless.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth