A person held in slavery or servitude, whether through debt, contract, or force; one with no freedom or rights.
From bond + slave (from Old Norse sláfr, possibly meaning 'slav,' reflecting the historical enslavement of Slavic peoples). The compound term emphasizes the binding nature of the enslavement.
The word bondslave appears in historical texts about debt slavery and indentured servitude—it's a reminder that not all slavery was racial, though all of it was dehumanizing.
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