slaveholding

Speech parts

1. slaveholding - Noun

2. slaveholding - Adjective

3. slaveholding - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Holding persons in slavery.

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the slaveholding South Source: Internet

Among the ordinances of secession passed by the individual states, those of three – Texas, Alabama, and Virginia – specifically mentioned the plight of the 'slaveholding states' at the hands of northern abolitionists. Source: Internet

As one of the largest slaveholding states, Alabama was among the first six states to secede. Source: Internet

Calhoun was concerned with protecting the interests of the Southern States (which he identified with the interests of their slaveholding elites) as a distinct and beleaguered minority among the members of the federal Union. Source: Internet

In Van Buren's words, "Without strong national political organizations, there would be nothing to moderate the prejudices between free and slaveholding states." Source: Internet

Prior to the Civil War, Montgomery County allied itself with other slaveholding counties in southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. Source: Internet

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