| 单词 | negro-driver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNegro-driver Negro-driver n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer > of slaves driver1755 Negro-driver1771 nigger-driver1833 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 117 I have known a negro-driver, from Jamacia, pay..sixty-five guineas. 1862 N.Y. Tribune 13 Jan. 7/2 The Commissary Department on the works..is in the hands of John Hazan, the negro-driver. 1949 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 34 477 On their plantations in these islands they [sc. black slaves] were usually subjected to absentee control through an overseer assisted sometimes by a Negro driver. 1973 A. Dundes Mother Wit 230 Individuals who speculated in the purchase and sale of slaves were called ‘Negro-drivers’ or ‘soul-drivers’. < as lemmas |
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