slavocracy
Americannoun
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slavocracies
plural
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the rule or domination of slaveholders.
the slavocracy of the old plantations.
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a dominating body of slaveholders.
noun
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slaveholders as a dominant class
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domination by slaveholders
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Now gone from Monument Avenue are all five grandiose monuments to White defenders of slavocracy, including the state-owned statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2022
The slavocracy evaded Lincoln’s grasp by seceding; the Supreme Court repeatedly thwarted F.D.R.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Grant promptly freed the slave he received from his father-in-law, and went on to pulverize the slavocracy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2020
We created something of a democracy out of a slavocracy.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2018
There was already much talk that Texas was being drawn toward the United States by the slavocracy.
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
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