servitude

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Viewers eventually learn Sophie’s servitude is forced after her parentage is revealed — she’s the illegitimate daughter of an earl.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Sara suddenly found herself unwillingly living a life of servitude.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

The state Constitution currently bans slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

By the early 1700s, fewer white Europeans were willing to accept the hardships of servitude in America.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis