slāvˈishness noun

slāvocˈracy noun (esp US historical)

1. Slave-owners collectively
2. Their power, interests, etc

slāvˈocrat noun

slave ant noun

An ant captured and kept as a worker in a community of another species

slaveˈ-driver noun

1. A person who superintends slaves at their work
2. A hard taskmaster (figurative)

slaveˈ-fork noun

A long and heavy forked branch fixed on the neck of a slave to prevent escape

slaveˈholder noun

An owner of slaves

slaveˈholding noun

slaveˈ-hunt noun

A hunt after runaway slaves or after people to enslave

slave labour noun

(the work of) people employed as slaves (lit and figurative)

slave ship noun

A ship used for transporting slaves

slave states plural noun

Those states of the American Union which maintained domestic slavery before the Civil War, namely Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee

slave trade or slave traffic noun

The buying and selling of slaves

slaveˈ-trader or slave-traffˈicker noun