| But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage. |
| These bondmen were not, like slaves, the property of their masters. |
| The bondmen are free in the isles of the main!The chains from their limbs they are flinging! |
| This event should be observed by all the descendants of former bondmen and bondwomen, as we call to mind the beginning of our captivity and bondage in this country. |
| Although such laws were most prevalent in the South, the northern colonies also enacted statutes restricting the lives of bondmen and bondwomen. |
| Of all these facts the bondmen of Georgia had full knowledge. |
