bondwomen
Women in servitude
Bondwomen is the plural of bondwoman—a female slave or serf.
The term appears primarily in historical and biblical contexts: The bondwomen worked the fields alongside the men.
It pairs with bondmen to describe enslaved populations of both sexes.
Made someone's property
- captiveOne held by force
- chattelMovable personal property
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
plantation · auction · manumission · emancipation · abolitionist · freedom · chains · oppression
enslaved
Made someone's property
shackles · plantation · auction · manumission · emancipation · abolitionist · freedom · chains · oppression · slaveholder
serfdom
Feudal bound labor
peasant · manor · vassal · labor · debt · contract · colonial · domestic · household · textile
handmaid
Female personal attendant
patriarch · covenant · inheritance · Ishmael · servant · mistress · barren · surrogate · Abraham · Genesis
bondwomenfreedwomen
Women released from slavery
mistresses · noblewomen · gentlewomen · ladies · citizens