Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who hunts and captures persons, as in Africa and parts of Asia, for the purpose of selling them into slavery.
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Examples
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He was a keen slave-hunter, and kept a large number of men, well armed with muskets.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The reward was soon known over the whole country, and every slave-hunter was on the chase to gain the reward.
Biography of a Slave Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson Charles Thompson
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By virtue of this law, freemen have been seized and dragged into perpetual slavery -- and should I be seized by a slave-hunter in any part of the country where
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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My door shall stand open, as it has long stood, for the panting and trembling victim of the slave-hunter.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Law, under which I am torn from my family and business by the supple tools of the Slave Power, the slave-breeder and the slave-hunter, is at variance with both the spirit and letter of the Constitution.
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After some conversation between them it was determined by my master to obtain the services of a professional slave-hunter, and follow me with hounds.
Biography of a Slave Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson Charles Thompson
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It has been in all ages a base stimulus to the raids of the slave-hunter.
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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The slave-hunter was sent for and came with his pack of dogs that same day about noon.
Biography of a Slave Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson Charles Thompson
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Although I had passed her pursuers without fear, yet when Levi Coffin informed me that Ruffin, the greatest slave-hunter in the city, had just moved next door to Burgess, where I left Maria, my fears were almost equal to Maria's.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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If the master -- if the abhorred "slave-hunter" -- should escape from such a crowd with a sound body only, and without his property, he ought, we think, to deem himself exceedingly fortunate.
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject E. N. [Editor] Elliott
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