slaveholding

An adjective describing the practice or condition of owning slaves; now considered archaic and historically charged.

• 🇩🇪Adjektiv, das die Praxis oder den Zustand beschreibt, Sklaven zu besitzen; gilt heute als veraltet und historisch gefärbt.

1. Allowing or practicing slavery C1 formal

   Describing a person, society, or region that permits or engages in the practice of owning slaves.

   • The slaveholding states in the 19th century had economies dependent on forced labor.
   • Slaveholding societies often had strict laws to control enslaved people.
   • The abolitionist movement fought against slaveholding practices.

   🇩🇪Sklaven haltend

• more slaveholding comparative form
• most slaveholding superlative form

unzählbar

A noun referring to the practice or institution of owning slaves as property.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die Praxis oder Institution bezeichnet, Menschen als Eigentum zu besitzen und über sie zu verfügen.

1. Practice of owning slaves C1 formal

   The act or practice of owning and controlling other people as property, forcing them to work without freedom or payment.

   • Slaveholding was a brutal institution that caused immense suffering.
   • The economy of the region was heavily dependent on slaveholding.
   • Historical records detail the harsh realities of slaveholding.

   🇩🇪Sklavenhaltung

   Synonyme: slavery

• slaveholdings plural form
• slaveholdings' possessive plural form
• slaveholding's possessive singular form