slaveholding
/ˈsleɪvˌhoʊldɪŋ/
adjective
- Owning or relating to the ownership of slaves.
- The slaveholding states in the South had economies based on agriculture.
- She wrote a book about the daily lives of slaveholding families.
- The slaveholding class held most of the political power in that era.
noun
- The practice or condition of owning slaves.
- He argued that slaveholding was morally wrong.
- The debate over slaveholding divided the country.
- Slaveholding was legal in many parts of the world until the 19th century.