Slaveholder definition

Slaveholder means holders of Persons Subjected to Slavery, owners of business enterprises that used the labor of Persons Subjected to Slavery, owners of vessels or other modes of transport that transported Persons Subjected to Slavery, and merchants or financiers dealing in the purchase, sale or other business transactions related to Persons Subjected to Slavery.
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Slaveholder means holders of enslaved persons, owners of vessels carrying enslaved persons or other means of transporting enslaved persons, merchants or financiers dealing in the purchase, sale or financing of the business of enslaved persons.
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Slaveholder means an individual holder of an enslaved
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Examples of Slaveholder in a sentence

  • The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, a Southern Slaveholder (Oxford University Press, 1988), 215.


More Definitions of Slaveholder

Slaveholder means holders of Enslaved Persons, owners of business enterprises using Enslaved Persons, owners of vessels carrying Enslaved Persons or other means of transporting Enslaved Persons, purchase, sale or financing of the business of Enslaved Persons.
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Slaveholder means individual holders of Enslaved Persons or owners of a Company that held Enslaved Persons for the purpose of labor, purchase, sale, or financing.
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Related to Slaveholder

  • Officeholder means a person who holds a public office.

  • Ticket Holder means any individual possessing, holding or using a Ticket, including (without limitation) the Ticket Purchaser or any person to whom the Ticket was issued or transferred;

  • Stakeholder means a person who owns shares in the company and is actively involved in the management of the company or business and exercises control over the company.

  • Contract holder means the person to whom the Benefit Plan is issued. Any other person approved for coverage with the Contract Holder under this plan is a dependent. Under Group coverage, the Contract Holder is the Member who is eligible for coverage because of his or her affiliation with a Group.