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bondage

[bon-dij] / ˈbɒn dɪdʒ /


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It is further insulting to gestational carriers, genetic donors, and intended parents to suggest that the mutual creation of a child is somehow akin to the bondage of chattel slavery.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

“This festival is intended to lift up our ancestors that came to this country in bondage, terrorized, brutalized,” Ludlow said outside City Hall on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

When enslaved Africans successfully escaped from bondage, they often set up maroon communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

"Slavery-like conditions", as defined by Brazilian law, include debt bondage and work that violates human dignity.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024

But the enslaved people at Mount Vernon and Monticello were still in bondage, along with the thousands of others who would be forced back into enslavement.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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