slaveholder

Noun

Meaning

One who holds slaves.

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Amid celebrations of Juneteenth across the state and nation, West Hartford began June 19 with a ceremony on the town green, which was named for an 18th-century slaveholder. Source: Internet

Although a slaveholder, he did not want slavery to expand into the Northwest Territory, as he believed the institution should end. Source: Internet

By the Civil War era, sources referred to him as Nathaniel Turner, referring to him by the name of his master, as was the white slaveholder custom of the time. Source: Internet

Clay, a slaveholder, presided over a party in which its Southern wing was sufficiently committed to the national platform to put partisan loyalties above slavery expansionist proposals that might undermine its North-South alliance. Source: Internet

In the South, they stressed that he was a Louisiana slaveholder, while in the North they highlighted his Whiggish willingness to defer to Congress on major issues (which he subsequently did not do). Source: Internet

Benjamin Franklin, also a slaveholder for much of his life, became a leading member of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, the first recognized organization for abolitionists in the United States. Source: Internet

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