What does slaveholding mean?
Definitions for slaveholding
slave·hold·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
slavery, slaveholdingadjective
the practice of owning slaves
slaveholdingadjective
allowing slavery
"the slaveholding South"
Wiktionary
slaveholdingnoun
An owning of one or more slaves.
"On the other hand, the Mountain South also contained some Lower South counties, thereby permitting internal comparisons between differently sized slaveholdings, between crop specializations, and between agricultural and nonagricultural producers." (Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South: "Introduction" 6, 2003)
slaveholdingadjective
Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
Etymology: From slave + holding.
Webster Dictionary
Slaveholdingadjective
holding persons in slavery
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slaveholding in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slaveholding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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