Definitions
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- noun One who is not a
slaveholder .
Etymologies
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non- + slaveholder
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Examples
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I became more and more dissatisfied with this state of things; and, in so becoming, I only gave proof of the same human nature which every reader of this chapter in my life -- slaveholder, or nonslaveholder -- is conscious of possessing.
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1856
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I became more and more dissatisfied with this state of things; and, in so becoming, I only gave proof of the same human nature which every reader of this chapter in my life -- slaveholder, or nonslaveholder -- is conscious of possessing.
My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855
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