slave-owner

slave-owner (plural slave-owners)

1. Alternative form of slaveowner.
   • 2005 November 27, Jill Watts, “'Hattie McDaniel'”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 October 2021:

     Although Duerson was not among the largest slave-owners, he came from an old Virginia planter family that had held slaves for several generations.

   • 2016 March 9, Mary McNamara, “Review: The slave escape drama 'Underground' is a flawed but important retelling of America's original sin”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 March 2016:

     Though not the primary focus of “Underground,” they are nuanced characters with conflicting motives. The same cannot be said of the plantation owners; […] Intentionally or not, Green and Pokaski show little interest in humanizing slave-owners.

   • 2017 October 31, Ed Kilgore, “John Kelly Is As Deluded About the Confederacy As Donald Trump Is”, in Intelligencer‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 November 2018:

     This familiar rap was in response to a question about monuments to slave-owners, the very subject that got Kelly’s boss into hot water in August.