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Recent Examples of enslaver
They were never enslaved but do not appear to have been enslavers, either.
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Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Many Quakers worked to abolish slavery, but many did not; some were themselves enslavers.
—Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
In the 19th century, the French demanded compensation for the former enslavers of the Haitian people, rather than the other way around.
—Marlene L. Daut, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Miller traces how enslaved Africans were sometimes forced to dress in luxurious garb by their enslavers, turning them into walking advertisements of their owners' wealth.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 5 May 2025
Booker, who is Black and reflected on ancestors who were both enslaved or enslavers in his speech, was himself mindful of the historical relevance.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Starting in the late 17th century, enslavers in Charleston, South Carolina, began hiring out their enslaved laborers to earn some extra money.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2024
Ben Ross had originally worked as a timber foreman under his enslaver, Anthony Thompson, a wealthy landowner in the county.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Among them is Edmonia Lewis, whose 1875 sculpture Hagar depicts an Egyptian woman from the Bible who was impregnated by her enslaver’s husband.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Many Quakers worked to abolish slavery, but many did not; some were themselves enslavers.
—Gail Cornwall, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2025
In the 19th century, the French demanded compensation for the former enslavers of the Haitian people, rather than the other way around.
—Marlene L. Daut, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Miller traces how enslaved Africans were sometimes forced to dress in luxurious garb by their enslavers, turning them into walking advertisements of their owners' wealth.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 5 May 2025
Booker, who is Black and reflected on ancestors who were both enslaved or enslavers in his speech, was himself mindful of the historical relevance.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Starting in the late 17th century, enslavers in Charleston, South Carolina, began hiring out their enslaved laborers to earn some extra money.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2024
Ben Ross had originally worked as a timber foreman under his enslaver, Anthony Thompson, a wealthy landowner in the county.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Among them is Edmonia Lewis, whose 1875 sculpture Hagar depicts an Egyptian woman from the Bible who was impregnated by her enslaver’s husband.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaver
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Then there are the many different viewpoints people have in the community about whether a name change is wise or not. Could be revived Removing the name of a slaveholder on a street sign might seems like an act of social justice to some.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2025
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The federal government removed Union troops from southern states as southerners erected monuments to former Confederates and slaveholders to romanticize their exploits during the Civil War.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
30 Mar. 2025
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Three-quarters of officers, from both the northern and southern parts of the US, used enslaved servants during their military careers, with southern slavers especially determined to expand slavery within the Army (as elsewhere).—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Mar. 2025
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An exception was post-apartheid South Africa, where Jaco Boshoff, a researcher at the Iziko Museums, was looking for a Dutch slaver called the Meermin.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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His troops and bureau agents began voter registration efforts for freedmen in June 1867.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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Abigail Barnett and her father, James, a freedman of the Muscogee Nation, were deeded the land that would become Boley, and many other Black Creek citizens settled nearby.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Enslaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslaver. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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