单词 | slave-holding |
释义 | > as lemmasslave-holding slave-holding adj. and n. now historical (a) adj. designating a place in which people are (or were) held in slavery; designating a person who holds others in slavery; (b) n. the practice of holding people in slavery. Π 1798 Deb. Congr. U.S. 29 June (1851) 2058 At present the slaveholding parts of the State are burdened with the heaviest part of the State taxes. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 77 This brought in an accession of slave-holding settlers. 1841 J. Sturge Let. 30 June in Visit to U.S. in 1841 (1842) 33 If slave-holding were to be justified at all, the slave-trade must be also. 1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile p. xxvi The whole system of slave-holding..is exceedingly strange. 1959 D. K. Wilgus Anglo-Amer. Folksong Scholarship 353 White songs in the slave-holding areas. < as lemmas |
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