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slave·hold·er (sl

One who owns or holds slaves.

slaveholding adj. & n.

slaveholder [ˈsleɪvˌhəʊldə]

(Sociology) a person who owns slaves

slaveholding n

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Noun

slaveholder - someone who holds slaves

slave owner, slaver

holder - a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport"

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government holder slave owner slaver slavery slavocracy			The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded, the world over; and a privileged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context --Let it never be forgotten, that no slaveholder or overseer can be convicted of any outrage perpetrated on the person of a slave, however diabolical it may be, on the testimony of colored witnesses, whether bond or free. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context I would do even the same for the slaveholder as for the slave, if the Lord brought him to my door in affliction. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context			slaughterman Slaughterous Slav Slav. slave slave ant Slave catcher Slave Coast slave cylinder slave dealer slave driver Slave hunt slave labour slave market slave owner Slave River slave ship slave state slave trade slave trader slave traffic slave-driver slave-maker slave-making ant Slaveborn slaveholder Slaveholding slaveless slavelike Slaveocracy slaver Slaverer Slavering slavery slavey Slavic Slavic language Slavic people Slavic race Slavicism Slavicist slavish slavishly slavishness Slavism Slavist Slavkov slavocracy Slavonia Slavonian Slavonic			Slave worker Slave worker Slave worker slave-drive slave-drived slave-driver slave-drivers slave-drives slave-driving slave-maker slave-maker ant slave-maker ants slave-making ant slave-making ants Slave-traders Slave-traders Slave-traders Slave-traders Slaveborn slaved slaved slaved slaved slaved slaved slaved gyro magnetic compass Slavedriver Slavedriver Slavedriver Slavedriver slaveholder slaveholding Slaveholding System Slaveikov, Pencho Petkov Slaveikov, Petko Rachev slaveless slavelike Slavemaster Slavemaster Slavemaster Slavemaster Slaveocracy Slaveowner Slaveowner Slaveowner Slaveowner slaver Slaver ship slavered Slaverer slaveries slaveries slaveries slaveries slavering slavers slavery slavery slavery slavery slavery

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