slaveholding
Human property ownership
Slaveholding describes the ownership of enslaved people, or refers to a person or entity that owns them.
The term appears in historical contexts: slaveholding states, a slaveholding family.
As a noun, it refers to the practice itself: Slaveholding was central to the plantation economy.
Large-scale farming operation
- chattelMovable personal property
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- enslavementForced human ownership
- antebellumBefore a war's start
ownership · property · servitude · auction · overseer · exploitation · subjugation · abolition
Secessionist state supporter
- colonialOf occupied territories
- antebellum SouthPre-1861 slave states
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- Founding FathersRevolutionary-era American statesmen
Jefferson · Washington · Caribbean · Brazil · Roman · Atlantic · Ottoman · ancient
Organized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- escapeFlight from captivity
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
- maroonDark brownish-red hue
fugitive · revolt · Nat Turner · insurrection · freedom seeker · abolitionist · liberation · defiance
Plant fiber for textiles
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
commodity · trade · profit · workforce · cash crop · production · harvest · capital
Authority or controller
- planter classAgricultural landowning elite
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- white supremacyDoctrine of racial superiority
paternalism · dominion · power · status · elite · gentry · household · domestic
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- chattelMovable personal property
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- enslavementForced human ownership
antebellum · ownership · property · servitude · auction · overseer · exploitation · subjugation · abolition · emancipation
Confederate
Secessionist state supporter
- colonialOf occupied territories
- antebellum SouthPre-1861 slave states
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
Founding Fathers · Jefferson · Washington · Caribbean · Brazil · Roman · Atlantic · Ottoman · ancient · feudal
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- escapeFlight from captivity
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
maroon · fugitive · revolt · Nat Turner · insurrection · freedom seeker · abolitionist · liberation · defiance · sabotage
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
agriculture · commodity · trade · profit · workforce · cash crop · production · harvest · capital · landed gentry
master
Authority or controller
- planter classAgricultural landowning elite
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
white supremacy · paternalism · dominion · power · status · elite · gentry · household · domestic · patriarchy
- Bleeding KansasFree-Staters, John Brown, Kansas-Nebraska Act, popular sovereignty, bushwhackers
slaveholdingnonslaveholding
Not owning enslaved persons
free · slaveless · abolitionist · emancipated · liberty
slaveholdingabolitionist
Opponent of human bondage
antislavery · anti-slavery · emancipationist · liberationist · free