slavocracy

[ sley-vok-ruh-see ]

/ sleɪˈvɒk rə si /

noun, plural slav·oc·ra·cies.

the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.

a dominating body of slaveholders.

Nearby words

Origin of slavocracy

First recorded in 1830–40; slave + -o- + -cracy

Related formsslav·o·crat

[sley-vuh-krat] /ˈsleɪ vəˌkræt/, nounslav·o·crat·ic

[sley-vuh-krat-ik] /ˌsleɪ vəˈkræt ɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for slavocracy

If Douglas had the slavocracy back of him and catered to it, he did not have plutocracy back of him.
Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters
It was thus that Van Buren made his extreme concession to the slavocracy.
Martin Van Buren|Edward M. Shepard
There was already much talk that Texas was being drawn toward the United States by the slavocracy.
Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters
It had long been an axiom with the slavocracy that the institution would perish unless it had the opportunity to expand.
The Anti-Slavery Crusade|Jesse Macy

The New England conscience excoriated these things and attributed them to the machinations of the slavocracy.
Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters

British Dictionary definitions for slavocracy

slavocracy

/ (sleɪˈvɒkrəsɪ) /

noun plural -cies (esp in the US before the Civil War)

slaveholders as a dominant class

domination by slaveholders

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Word Origin and History for slavocracy

slavocracy

also slaveocracy, in U.S. history, "the political dominance of slave-owners," 1840, formed irregularly from slave (n.) + -cracy. Related: Slavocrat.