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Recent Examples of enslaver
Edgar Allan Poe, adopted son of a Virginian enslaver; Edgar Allan Poe, who managed the sale of a human being owned by his mother-in-law.
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
From the ages of 12 to about 22, Harriet Jacobs lived under the watch of her enslaver, a wealthy physician named James Norcom Sr.
—Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
In the antebellum era, vagrancy laws enabled enslavers to track and reclaim enslaved people who tried to free themselves by running away, allowing officers to arrest fugitives and return them to bondage.
—Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Trained by his enslaver in bricklaying and carpentry, Moses became foreman of a building crew, erecting barns, homes, and warehouses across the South.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Additionally, too many Greek-letter organizations have hosted blackface parties mocking
Black people, including some attendees wearing nooses around their necks and others pretending to be enslaved Africans or white enslavers.
—Shaun Harper, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
And in my hometown of Philadelphia, over a dozen displays about slavery at Independence National Park — including an exhibit describing George Washington as an enslaver — have been flagged for review.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
For an enslaved man, donning a silvery-white wig might be a way to claim social status or, perhaps, to parody his enslavers’ beloved hairdos.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Although enslaved people had been officially emancipated years prior, enslavers responsible for telling them ignored the order until Union troops arrived to enforce it, founder of Juneteenth.com Cliff Robinson earlier told USA TODAY.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
From the ages of 12 to about 22, Harriet Jacobs lived under the watch of her enslaver, a wealthy physician named James Norcom Sr.
—Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
In the antebellum era, vagrancy laws enabled enslavers to track and reclaim enslaved people who tried to free themselves by running away, allowing officers to arrest fugitives and return them to bondage.
—Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Trained by his enslaver in bricklaying and carpentry, Moses became foreman of a building crew, erecting barns, homes, and warehouses across the South.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Additionally, too many Greek-letter organizations have hosted blackface parties mocking
Black people, including some attendees wearing nooses around their necks and others pretending to be enslaved Africans or white enslavers.
—Shaun Harper, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025
And in my hometown of Philadelphia, over a dozen displays about slavery at Independence National Park — including an exhibit describing George Washington as an enslaver — have been flagged for review.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
For an enslaved man, donning a silvery-white wig might be a way to claim social status or, perhaps, to parody his enslavers’ beloved hairdos.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Although enslaved people had been officially emancipated years prior, enslavers responsible for telling them ignored the order until Union troops arrived to enforce it, founder of Juneteenth.com Cliff Robinson earlier told USA TODAY.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaver
Noun
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At most, a slaveholder might deserve just compensation for the loss of his slave property—an issue that could be litigated in court after the fact of immediate emancipation.—
Akhil Reed Amar,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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The play sees Whelan portray Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary's former slaveholder, while Grandy plays a war reporter.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Indians captured Indian and Mexican children and sold them to Hispanic slavers.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the eyes of slavers, the enslaved were property, like furniture, to be used and abused, not people, with parents and grandparents and siblings and cousins.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gold Dollar Building Constructed in 1869 by freedman George Franklin in the then Wheatville freedom colony, the limestone and wooden structure at 2402 San Gabriel St. was a post-Civil War cultural and religious center for Austin’s Black community.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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