slaveholder
noun
slave·hold·er
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Definition of slaveholder
: an owner of slaves
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Other Words from slaveholder
slaveholding
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Examples of slaveholder in a Sentence
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The Johnsons were taken to Philadelphia by slaveholder John Hill Wheeler, who was traveling to New York. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "Underground Railroad Safe House Discovered in Philadelphia," 23 Mar. 2018 Andrew Jackson, the nation's seventh president, was also a slaveholder from the South. — Russell Contreras, Fortune, "Donald Trump Is Not the First U.S. President to Be Called Racist," 30 July 2019 The Obama administration had proposed putting her on the $20 bill, replacing former president and slaveholder Andrew Jackson. — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, "The Trailer for the New Harriet Tubman Biopic Is Here," 23 July 2019 Mnuchin announced last month that Tubman, an abolitionist, would not replace President Andrew Jackson, a slaveholder, on the $20 bill in 2020 as the Obama administration had planned. — Erin Cox, Washington Post, "Put Tubman on the $20 bill now, Gov. Hogan tells Trump administration," 11 June 2019 That so many of the Founding Fathers, including the leaders of the Revolution and the authors of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, were slaveholders is both an irony and a paradox. — Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, "Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood," 18 July 2019 Jackson was a slaveholder and slave trader who enabled the aggressive persecution of Native Americans and curtailed political and economic rights of black Americans. — al.com, "Trump didn’t delay release of Harriet Tubman $20, Obama-era officials say," 16 July 2019 Jackson was a slaveholder and slave trader who enabled the aggressive persecution of Native Americans and curtailed political and economic rights of black Americans. — cleveland.com, "Obama-era officials say Trump administration hasn’t delayed new $20 bill, despite Harriet Tubman firestorm," 16 July 2019 Sean Wilentz’s No Property in Man concedes the horrors of slavery and acknowledges that the Constitution benefited slaveholders. — Nicholas Guyatt, The New York Review of Books, "How Proslavery Was the Constitution?," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'slaveholder.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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slaveholder
noun
English Language Learners Definition of slaveholder
US
: a person who owns slaves
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slaveholder
noun
slave·hold·er
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Kids Definition of slaveholder
: an owner of slaves