variants also bondsman

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slave
Noun
  • The practice goes back to soon after the Civil War, when Congress ratified the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, in part to ensure that Black people, including former slaves, had citizenship.
    Tim Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
  • The other was used by people descended from slaves brought from Southeast Asia to work for the Afrikaner farmers.
    Carey Baraka, The Dial, 26 June 2025
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“Bondman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bondman. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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