slavocracy

American  

[sley-vok-ruh-see] / sleɪˈvɒk rə si /

noun

plural

slavocracies

1. the rule or domination of slaveholders.

   the slavocracy of the old plantations.

2. a dominating body of slaveholders.

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slavocracy British  

/ sleɪˈvɒkrəsɪ /

noun

1. slaveholders as a dominant class

2. domination by slaveholders

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Other Word Forms

• slavocrat noun
• slavocratic adjective

Etymology

Origin of slavocracy

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

Example Sentences

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

Today's challenges are different — and no offense can be compared with the slavocracy of the antebellum period — but anyone who cares about basic principles of democracy can see that our struggle is much the same.

From Salon

The slavocracy evaded Lincoln’s grasp by seceding; the Supreme Court repeatedly thwarted F.D.R.

From New York Times

Grant promptly freed the slave he received from his father-in-law, and went on to pulverize the slavocracy.

From Washington Post

Benning, Ga., home of several armored and infantry brigades, is named after Gen. Henry Benning, whose support for slavery was so avid that he proposed seceding from the Union and forming a Southern slavocracy more than a decade before the Civil War began.

From Slate