slave-owner

plural slave-owners

1. alternativeAlternative form of slaveowner.

   Although Duerson was not among the largest slave-owners, he came from an old Virginia planter family that had held slaves for several generations.

   2005 November 27, Jill Watts, “'Hattie McDaniel'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2021

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   Though not the primary focus of “Underground,” they are nuanced characters with conflicting motives. The same cannot be said of the plantation owners; […] Intentionally or not, Green and Pokaski show little interest in humanizing slave-owners.

   2016 March 9, Mary McNamara, “Review: The slave escape drama 'Underground' is a flawed but important retelling of America's original sin”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2016

   This familiar rap was in response to a question about monuments to slave-owners, the very subject that got Kelly’s boss into hot water in August.

   2017 October 31, Ed Kilgore, “John Kelly Is As Deluded About the Confederacy As Donald Trump Is”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2018