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Recent Examples of enslaver
It should be noted that other Texas enslavers, including two governors, were ardent Unionists.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Although General Granger announced that all enslaved people were to be freed, enslavers and plantation owners were left to announce the news.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 18 June 2025
As a result, the Union Army had to come in and force enslavers to abide by the new rules of the Emancipation Proclamation.
—Mackenzie Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
In the Bahamas, the tradition dates back to when enslavers gave their slaves a day off during the holidays as reprieve.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
The broader Healing History initiative brought together descendants of enslavers and the enslaved in dialogue to practice honest, often difficult conversation.
—Brianna Scott, NPR, 19 June 2025
Bader-King pointed out that both homes were built by enslaved people and both patriarchs were enslavers.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
In all likelihood, one or more Virginians purchased the Lyles children, while another enslaver carried their mother to Savannah, a city with strong slave-trading ties to Richmond.
—Robert Colby, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
These accounts portrayed enslaved people, regardless of plantation, experiencing a kind of nirvana for the entire Christmas period—utterly grateful for the generosity of their enslavers.
—Robert E. May / Made By History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Although General Granger announced that all enslaved people were to be freed, enslavers and plantation owners were left to announce the news.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 18 June 2025
As a result, the Union Army had to come in and force enslavers to abide by the new rules of the Emancipation Proclamation.
—Mackenzie Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025
In the Bahamas, the tradition dates back to when enslavers gave their slaves a day off during the holidays as reprieve.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
The broader Healing History initiative brought together descendants of enslavers and the enslaved in dialogue to practice honest, often difficult conversation.
—Brianna Scott, NPR, 19 June 2025
Bader-King pointed out that both homes were built by enslaved people and both patriarchs were enslavers.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2025
In all likelihood, one or more Virginians purchased the Lyles children, while another enslaver carried their mother to Savannah, a city with strong slave-trading ties to Richmond.
—Robert Colby, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
These accounts portrayed enslaved people, regardless of plantation, experiencing a kind of nirvana for the entire Christmas period—utterly grateful for the generosity of their enslavers.
—Robert E. May / Made By History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaver
Noun
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Other free family members helped to get Edith Fossett and the children bought by slaveholders close by until Joseph could afford to buy their freedom.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Carla Hayden asked that question by walking into an institution built by slaveholders and placing herself at its helm.—
Jack Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
Noun
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In Texas many slavers forcibly moved their enslaved people to hide them from the advancing Union army.—
Jenny Singer,
Glamour,
18 June 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
Noun
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How many, though, can name and locate more than a dozen other freedmen’s communities now within Austin’s city limits?—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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In Galveston, freedmen celebrated Jubilee Day just one year later, on June 19, 1866.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 June 2025
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“Enslaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enslaver. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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