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Recent Examples of enslaver
His family history shows how violence and rape in the era of chattel slavery can be felt over the generations, both for the family of the enslavers and for the enslaved.
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Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
The shopkeepers, William Perry and Cephas Parker, in turn told Northup’s wife, Anne, and his attorney, Henry Bliss Northup, a relative of the former enslaver of Northup’s father.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2025
Slave fugitive Harriet Jacobs detailed that these annual abductions and the destruction of Black families caused some to resist being sold to new enslavers.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
To build houses, they were forced to lease land from the former enslavers who at a whim could terminate their employment or kick them off the land.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
What these founders knew about the weather ruled their daily paths as farmers, politicians and enslavers.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Félicité encouraged the entire country to finally savor the soup they had long been forbidden by their enslavers to enjoy.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Frederick Douglass, by Sidney Morrison Frederick Douglass roars from the pages of this meticulous novel, thanks to the voices of his steadfast wife, Anna, and their children, plus confidants, paramours, and even enslavers.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
The late Marie Delphine LaLaurie is remembered as both a wealthy New Orleans socialite and an enslaver, and her gruesome legacy is tied to a historic mansion on Royal Street, which has been seen on America’s Most Haunted Homes and depicted on FX’s American Horror Story: Coven.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
The shopkeepers, William Perry and Cephas Parker, in turn told Northup’s wife, Anne, and his attorney, Henry Bliss Northup, a relative of the former enslaver of Northup’s father.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2025
Slave fugitive Harriet Jacobs detailed that these annual abductions and the destruction of Black families caused some to resist being sold to new enslavers.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
To build houses, they were forced to lease land from the former enslavers who at a whim could terminate their employment or kick them off the land.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
What these founders knew about the weather ruled their daily paths as farmers, politicians and enslavers.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Félicité encouraged the entire country to finally savor the soup they had long been forbidden by their enslavers to enjoy.
—Nyya Toussaint / Made By History, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
Frederick Douglass, by Sidney Morrison Frederick Douglass roars from the pages of this meticulous novel, thanks to the voices of his steadfast wife, Anna, and their children, plus confidants, paramours, and even enslavers.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
The late Marie Delphine LaLaurie is remembered as both a wealthy New Orleans socialite and an enslaver, and her gruesome legacy is tied to a historic mansion on Royal Street, which has been seen on America’s Most Haunted Homes and depicted on FX’s American Horror Story: Coven.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaver
Noun
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The new champion went on to declare that his name was no longer Clay; black-American surnames were often inherited from the family names of white slaveholders.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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On the debit side, Sarastro is a slaveholder and male supremacist with the kidnapping of an under-age princess to answer for.—
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7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Information could also come from unexpected sources: when slavers sought a Philadelphia warrant to make arrests in Lancaster County, the son of the judge who issued the warrant alerted Still, who then warned the targets.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Jan. 2025
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Yes, Aida is an old-fashioned blockbuster, a tale of bloodthirsty slavers, desert vendettas, and love amid the pyramids.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Abigail Barnett and her father, James, a freedman of the Muscogee Nation, were deeded the land that would become Boley, and many other Black Creek citizens settled nearby.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
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But, when Dawes agents were putting together their lists, freedmen and their descendants were often kept on a separate roll, or not included at all.—
Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2024
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“Enslaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslaver. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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