slaveholding
IPA: sɫˈeɪvhoʊɫdɪŋ
noun
- (uncountable) The institution or practice of owning slaves.
- (countable) An owning of one or more slaves.
adjective
- Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
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Examples of "slaveholding" in Sentences
- The history of America is stained by its long legacy of slaveholding
- Many wealthy plantation owners in the South were deeply entrenched in the slaveholding system
- The slaveholding states fiercely resisted any attempts to abolish slavery
- The economic prosperity of the South was built on the backs of slaveholding labor
- Slaveholding tore families apart and inflicted untold suffering on generations of African Americans
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