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Slaveholding

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    allowing slavery wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The institution or practice of owning slaves. uncountable

    "The slaveholding way of life continued until 1865, when the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed following the end of the Civil War between the Northern and the Southern states"

  2. 2
    the practice of owning slaves wordnet
  3. 3
    An owning of one or more slaves. countable

    "On the other hand, the Mountain South also contained some Lower South counties, thereby permitting internal comparisons between differently sized slaveholdings, between crop specializations, and between agricultural and nonagricultural producers."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From slave + holding.

Etymology 2

From slave + holding.

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