Both Uses of
tether
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- But half was spoken; The slave's chains and the master's Alike are broken; The one curse of the races Held both in tether; They are rising—all are rising— The black and white together.†
Chpt 5 *
- Forty-five years he had lived here, and now supports himself and his old wife by the help of the steer tethered yonder and the charity of his black neighbors.†
Chpt 7tethered = tied so as to limit the boundaries of movement
Definition:
to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying