white slaver
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of white slaver
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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By that time, white slavers had grown so accustomed to ignoring the Emancipation Proclamation, issued more than two years earlier, that even after Juneteenth, the institution of enslavement lingered on.
From Los Angeles Times
Marjorie Taylor Greene's South is a place where white-on-Black chattel slavery was a "benign institution" and the Black slaves were "happy", and the white slavers were "benevolent" and "kind".
From Salon
They could be lamentations or celebrations; at the same time, they could serve as a means of stealthy communication, spreading news outside the ken of white slavers.
From New York Times
These politicians were white slavers, white colonizers and white abolitionists — who were nonetheless willing to make deals with slavers and colonists.
From Salon
It stands in stark relief against the movie’s consistently cartoonish portrayals of the white slavers.
From New York Times
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