The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.
In Christ, my chains are broken.
For all intents and purposes, the freedom America preaches is a hoax, it is fiction, just like their movies. People of colour in America are no where near free. They walk around without chains but the...
Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
Christ set my chains free.
If you encounter Christ, He will release you from every chain.