| 单词 | negro-catcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNegro-catcher Negro-catcher n. ΚΠ 1835 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 16 Oct. Shortly after they reached the meeting, another, a black from the city, arrived and asserted that the two strangers were spies, employed by negro catchers (slave holders) to report the whereabouts of runaway slaves to their masters. c1891 L. A. Delaney in H. L. Gates Six Women's Slave Narr. (1988) 22 My mother finally reached Chicago, where she was arrested by the negro-catchers. 1958 O.Sherwin Prophet of Liberty xlv. 531 Five dollars a head and mileage were allowed for such Negro catchers. < as lemmas |
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