Captured and Fettered

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Captured adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

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Fettered and captured are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fettered" instead a verb "Captured".

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Fettered adjective - Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.

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Captured and fettered are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captured" instead a verb "Fettered".

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The Fettered: January, either figuratively (even though he's free, the law prevents him from striking a white man) or literally (he's captured and chained for a slave on several occasions).

Source: Literature / Benjamin January

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