slaveholding

/slˈeɪvhəʊldɪŋ/

/slˈeɪvhoʊldɪŋ/

Slaveholding

the practice of owning slaves

synonyms : slavery

slaveholding

allowing slavery

Examples

1. The succession of Texas eliminated the largest slaveholding state from the Mexican Confederation.

2. It was the slaveholding constituents.

3. And Dunmore himself would later govern the slaveholding British colony of The Bahamas.

4. There's some slaveholding in his background but he'll never end up with the South.