slaveholding

• 形容词，指与拥有奴隶相关的，或实行奴隶制的；现已较少使用，带有历史色彩。

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.

   蓄奴的

   • 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.

• 指把奴隶当作财产来占有、蓄养奴隶的制度或行为。

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

不可数

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.

   蓄奴

   • 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.

   同义词slavery