slaveholders Synonyms

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an owner of slaves, someone who holds one or more people involuntarily and under threat of violence within a system of chattel slavery

Slaveholders in the American South enforced a strict code of laws to control their human property.
The wealthy slaveholders lived in opulent mansions, while their slaves labored in the fields.
The abolitionists vehemently opposed slaveholders and condemned their inhumane treatment of slaves.
Slaveholders often justified their actions by claiming that slavery was necessary for the preservation of Southern society.
During the Civil War, the Union fought to abolish slavery and free the slaves from their oppressive slaveholders.
After the war, former slaveholders struggled to adjust to the new social and economic order without their cheap labor force.
Some slaveholders attempted to maintain their authority by forming racist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan.
The economic power of slaveholders in the pre-Civil War South shaped the region's political and social landscape.
The legacy of slavery and slaveholders continues to have a profound impact on the United States today.
The exploitation and abuse of slaves by slaveholders remains a dark chapter in human history.

an owner of slaves, someone who holds one or more people involuntarily and under threat of violence within a system of chattel slavery

slavers, enslavers, freedmen, taskmasters, freedwomen,slave drivers, freemen,masters

bondsmen, chattels,slaves, bondmen, serfs,thralls, bondwomen, bondswomen, odalisques,helots

Slaveholders in the American South enforced a strict code of laws to control their human property.

The wealthy slaveholders lived in opulent mansions, while their slaves labored in the fields.

The abolitionists vehemently opposed slaveholders and condemned their inhumane treatment of slaves.

Slaveholders often justified their actions by claiming that slavery was necessary for the preservation of Southern society.