Slavocracy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Slavocracy is a noun meaning (US, chiefly historical) The persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
Meaning
(US, chiefly historical) The persons or interest representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
Example Sentences
Close on their heels was any Texan who had ever said a word against the slaveocracy, or the cotton men, or was suspected of voting for Lincoln.
This pressure brought the Southern slavocracy into conflict with Northern business interests. Slaveowners precipitated a war to defend the slave system and its accompanying way of life.
Word Forms
- slavocracies
- slaveocracy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slaveocracy, slavisation, proslavery, abolitionism, plantocracy, antislaveryism.
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