slaveholding

1. A remarkable and the most important aspect of social development in the British Chesapeake colonies of North America was the growth of a dominant slaveholding class.
   在英属殖民地时期，北美切萨皮克地区社会发展的一个重要方面是奴隶主群体的成长。
2. Yet in political reality of southern slave states, owing to the functioning of slavery the political power fell into the hands of the White slaveholding interests.
   然而在美国南部蓄奴州，奴隶制的社会整合作用导致政治权力落入奴隶主利益集团的掌控之中。

noun

1. the practice of owning slaves

   Synonym:    slavery

adj

1. allowing slavery
   1. the slaveholding South