Slaveholder
[sleiv,hәuldә]
Definition
(n.) One who holds slaves.
Edited by Clare
Examples
- I would do even the same for the slaveholder as for the slave, if the Lord brought him to my door in affliction. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The non-slaveholders would have left the country, and the small slaveholder must have sold out to his more fortunate neighbor. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They'll have a day of fasting appointed for this backsliding, if you become a slaveholder! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I think you slaveholders have an awful responsibility upon you, said Miss Ophelia. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The non-slaveholders would have left the country, and the small slaveholder must have sold out to his more fortunate neighbor. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Well, I hate those old slaveholders! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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