bondage
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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
During the same oral argument, you had Neil Gorsuch insisting that the book "Pride Puppy" involved a sex worker who was into bondage.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Even if the adults were free of the shackles that had held them fast, bondage had stolen too much time.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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