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also bondsman
as in slave
a person who is considered the property of another person
would rather die as an insurgent than live as a bondman
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slave
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Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 June 2025 -
Although they’re never specifically called slaves, there are clues within the tablets that these women are—like Briseis, like Andromache—exactly those kinds of enslaved foreign victims, deported back to Greece, that Homer mentions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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“Bondman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondman. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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