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
“Cast out that bondwoman and her son,” she demanded of Abraham.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
And what if I find that I am the son of some bondwoman.
From Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred John Church
At her side walked one of her bondwomen, and, at a pace or two behind, properly attired, and armed only with a short sword, strode the armor bearer.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Were I proved thrice a slave And waif of bondwomen, you still are noble.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
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
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
The sting of this imposition continued to rankle in my heart so long as we were the bondwomen of this particular man.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
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