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 • 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

If in his Senatorial days and before he had been complaisant to the slavocracy, the Charleston convention would not have seceded from him.

From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee