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Unfree

Not free; held in bondage.

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Adscript 84% connected

Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

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Adscript 84% connected

Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

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Apprenticed 84% connected

of Apprentice

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Apprenticed 84% connected

of Apprentice

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Articled 84% connected

of Article

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Articled 84% connected

of Article

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Bound 84% connected

of Bind

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Bound 84% connected

of Bind

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Captive 84% connected

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

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Captive 84% connected

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

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Confined 84% connected

of Confine

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Confined 84% connected

of Confine

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Cornered 84% connected

of Corner

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Cornered 84% connected

of Corner

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Entangled 84% connected

of Entangle

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Entangled 84% connected

of Entangle

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Imprisoned 84% connected

of Imprison

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Imprisoned 84% connected

of Imprison

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Indentured 84% connected

of Indenture

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Indentured 84% connected

of Indenture

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Servile 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing…

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Servile 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing…

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Slaveholding 84% connected

Holding persons in slavery.

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Slaveholding 84% connected

Holding persons in slavery.

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Trapped 84% connected

of Trap

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Trapped 84% connected

of Trap

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Treed 84% connected

of Tree

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Treed 84% connected

of Tree

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Dependent 66% connected

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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Dependent 66% connected

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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Freedom 66% connected

The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.

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Freedom 66% connected

The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.

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Free 94% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Free 94% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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