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slavocracy
[ sley-vok-ruh-see ]
noun
, plural slav·oc·ra·cies.
- the rule or domination of slaveholders:
the slavocracy of the old plantations.
- a dominating body of slaveholders.
slavocracy
/ sleɪˈvɒkrəsɪ /
noun
- slaveholders as a dominant class
- domination by slaveholders
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Other Words From
- slav·o·crat [sley, -v, uh, -krat], noun
- slav·o·crat·ic [sley-v, uh, -, krat, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slavocracy1
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Example Sentences
It was thus that Van Buren made his extreme concession to the slavocracy.
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The New England conscience excoriated these things and attributed them to the machinations of the slavocracy.
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There was already much talk that Texas was being drawn toward the United States by the slavocracy.
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If Douglas had the slavocracy back of him and catered to it, he did not have plutocracy back of him.
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Douglas had wished for land for his country and had paralleled the course of the slavocracy to get it.
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