slaveholding

• Adjectif décrivant la pratique ou l'état de possession d'esclaves, aujourd'hui considéré comme désuet et historiquement connoté.

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

1. Allowing or practicing slaveryC1formal

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

   qui pratique l'esclavage

   • 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.

• Nom désignant la pratique ou l'institution de posséder des esclaves comme propriété, ainsi que le fait de détenir des personnes en esclavage.

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

indénombrable

1. Practice of owning slavesC1formal

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

   Esclavagisme

   • 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.

   Synonymesslavery