bondage
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In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 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
Individual black men and women protested their enslavement in every way imaginable—running away, stealing, killing themselves rather than living in bondage.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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