thralldom

[ thrawl-duh m ]

/ ˈθrɔl dəm /

the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.

Origin of thralldom

First recorded in 1125–75, thralldom is from the Middle English word thraldom. See thrall, -dom

He ardently longed to see this fair colony rescued from the thraldom under which it groaned.

The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 |John Charles Dent
Let them, then, be freed from this thraldom, and Scotland will have no reason to complain.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 |Various
He was to obtain full emancipation from the thraldom of Rome in Rome itself.

Count Ulrich of Lindburg |W.H.G. Kingston
My friends, the Caskians, have emancipated themselves from the thraldom of the law by absorbing its principles into themselves.

Unveiling a Parallel |Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant

In the thraldom of his selfish passion for Mrs. Dall he dared not contemplate a collision with her countrymen.

A Drift from Redwood Camp |Bret Harte