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
And am I to be the guest of a bondwoman?
From Andromache A Play in Three Acts by Gilbert Murray
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.”
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr
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
Ali was saying, "Father, those dogs and thieves of tentmen and muleteers returned yesterday, and said—" And the bondwomen were crying, "Sidi, you were right when you went away!"
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Sir Hall Caine
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not even with you trespasses of your own against the Lord your God?
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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.]
It was the voice of those who had been bondmen and bondwomen, and the grand diapason swept up from the coming ages.
From Luke Walton by Horatio Alger
