SLAVEHOLDER Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

slaveholder

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Recent Examples of slaveholder In 1851, an armed mob surrounded a group of agents led by a slaveholder, Edward Gorsuch, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, who were attempting to return four fugitives to his farm, in Maryland; Gorsuch was shot and killed. — Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026 Washington was a slaveholder and had fought a revolution to overthrow British tyranny. — John Garrison Marks, Time, 23 Jan. 2026 The talking heads, always a key ingredient to the Ken Burns Experience, go to great lengths to describe not only the greatness of men like George Washington in particular, but also the darker side of their lives, like Washington’s position as a slaveholder and land speculator. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025 The play sees Whelan portray Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary's former slaveholder, while Grandy plays a war reporter. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slaveholder

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Noun

In 2019, Glasgow University committed itself to alloting £20 million to reparative justice in response to a report that proved the university’s connections to Scottish slavers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
In many different regions, groups seeking sanctuary from raids by slavers created new settlements during the 17th and 18th centuries.

— Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026

Definition of slaver

Noun

The woman gives the girls two vials of concoctions, one for the zombie and one for the slave driver.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 18 July 2021
Charles Deslondes, a slave driver of Haitian descent, marshaled an insurrection against the slaver Manuel Andry, turning the tools of the plantation—the axe, the sugar cane knife—against his master.

— Kandist Mallett, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2021

Definition of slave driver

Noun

The district judge confined Biddy and most of the Black children in the county jail, ostensibly for their own protection from their unscrupulous enslaver.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
There, her enslaver fathered her child, George, who became known as Chicken George because of his skills working gamecock fights.

— Anne Haley, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of enslaver

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The owner was believed to be a magistrate or a freedman of the imperial household.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
These were to control the lives and control the movements, control any attempt at owning property, any attempt at physical liberty, really, for the freedmen.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

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