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

She turned the bondwoman and her child out of doors, and forbade her ever to return.

From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Jacobs, Harriet Ann

Is Wiltshire the pampered favorite, whilst Yorkshire, like the child of the bondwoman, is turned out to the desert?

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund