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Recent Examples of enslaver
Trained by his enslaver in bricklaying and carpentry, Moses became foreman of a building crew, erecting barns, homes, and warehouses across the South.
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Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 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
In 1773, Wheatley also traveled to London with her enslaver to further her artistic career.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
It should be noted that other Texas enslavers, including two governors, were ardent Unionists.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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
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
For most white Americans, and especially enslavers, the white colonists of Saint Domingue experiencing these changes were a focus of racial empathy.
—Time, 9 June 2025
Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 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
In 1773, Wheatley also traveled to London with her enslaver to further her artistic career.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
It should be noted that other Texas enslavers, including two governors, were ardent Unionists.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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
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
For most white Americans, and especially enslavers, the white colonists of Saint Domingue experiencing these changes were a focus of racial empathy.
—Time, 9 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enslaver
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In 1822, a slaveholder posted a notice in Newbern, North Carolina, in the Carolina Sentinel, with a reward for the capture of an enslaved person named London Pollock.—
Bitter Kalli
August 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
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That was Salem, a different town, haunted by witch trials and slaver fortunes, but all the classic New England coastal markers were laid out: early sunsets, family secrets, bizarre architecture, the distinct gloom and glint of the northern eastern seashore.—
Dwyer Murphy
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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