bondage
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“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
His 1845 autobiography, a blistering tale of bondage in Maryland and a daring flight to freedom, remains one of history’s fiercest attacks on slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Chris Farrimond, NCA Director of Threat Leadership, warned migrants who enter the UK "under these clandestine means" are "under increased risk of being forced into exploitation and debt bondage" by groups of people smugglers.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2024
It is well known that the 14th Amendment revolutionized our Constitution, changing a document that sanctioned bondage into one that promised liberation and equal citizenship.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024
Could their future be united, but this time in a good way, joined not by bondage but by loving hearts and shared Mvskoke values?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing bondage
Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" Speech
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The Tempest
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