bondman

Example Sentences

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Beulah, I will be a bondman no longer.

From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Fowler, Charles H.

"Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide as a bondman, instead of the lad."

From The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children by Lobingier, Elizabeth Erwin Miller

But brutes are more loyal than human beings: often, very often, Bruna seeks my little maid and Zercho the bondman.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

In each case, “whatsoever one may do that is good, this he will receive from the Lord, whether he be a bondman or a freeman.”

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

Instead it involved and assured for every bondman a full emancipation, and for every freeman full title forever to every unalienable right.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.