Term Gallery logo

Meanings of slaveholder in English

Catalan
esclavista

Someone who holds slaves.

        esclavista
        Usage of slaveholder in English
        1
        Thou art the first slaveholder I ever met with bearing my name.
        Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life
        2
        The fact that he was a slaveholder was warmly urged against him.
        A Brief History of the United States
        3
        Your letters to me would be far more appropriate to a slaveholder.
        Memories of Hawthorne
        4
        Penn., whose father is, we believe, a slaveholder in Washington City, says,-
        The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
        5
        Parker, that man, from his movements, must be a slaveholder or kidnapper.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 / A Mag...
        6
        Almost the first Northern men whom the slaveholder has learned to respect!
        A Plea for Captain John Brown / Read to the citizens of Concord,...
        7
        Though she was a slaveholder, to this day my heart blesses her!
        Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
        8
        I remember, also, that the more learned the slaveholder, the greater the rebel.
        History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
        9
        President of the American Peace Society, formerly a slaveholder in Florida.
        The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
        10
        And he didn't have Jefferson's education or the privileges of a landed slaveholder.
        Wired
        11
        N.H. HARDING, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in Oxford, North Carolina, a slaveholder.
        The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
        12
        Each slaveholder dealt with the situation to suit himself, regardless of public opinion.
        The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 / A History of the Educ...
        13
        Coonrod Pile had been a slaveholder, but few of the mountaineers were owners.
        Sergeant York And His People
        14
        Dr. Allan, a slaveholder and pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Huntsville, Alabama.
        The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
        15
        Mr. Poe is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and was formerly a slaveholder.
        The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
        16
        Mr. Lemuel Sapington of Lancaster, Pa. a native of Maryland, formerly a slaveholder.
        The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
        About this term
        More collocations
        Translations for slaveholder
        Catalan
        esclavista
        Slaveholder through the time
        Slaveholder across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common