Of Human Bondage

noun

1. a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.

Example Sentences

One wonders what the conveners of this event imagined when inviting a formerly enslaved man to speak of America’s great day of liberation from colonial tyranny, as the scourge of human bondage still poisoned its polity.

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The United Nations, a flawed and often toothless organization, nonetheless represents international ideals antipathetic to the ongoing atrocity of human bondage.

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“Washington struggled with the institution of slavery throughout his life,” she said, pointing out that his view of human bondage changed as he grew older and came to consider it incompatible with his faith.

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Those ledgers recording the profits of human bondage are now on display, alongside documents showing how views of slavery within the church ranged from justification to opposition.

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The Lost Cause presented Confederate generals as honorable men who fought to secure “states’ rights” instead of human bondage.

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