Negrohouse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Negrohouse is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of negro-house.
Meaning
Alternative spelling of negro-house.
Example Sentences
This was the occasion. It was night, and the slaves all at home. The master had them collected into the most roomy negrohouse, and a rousing fire made.
In the country, the whole face of nature is completely changed: on the plantations, without almost a single exception, the buildings, mills, and negrohouses are destroyed, and many of them have suffered materially in slaves and cattle.
I fear I shall soon be under the necessity, however disagreeable it may be to me, of drawing bills to raise Cash for some of the negrohouse materials—a large share of the cost of them I hope however to get credit for till the beginning of 1834 when wwe shall have sugar to make.
Word Forms
- negrohouses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include negro-house, blackhouse, crackhouse, hizzouse, gaolhouse, sugar-house.
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