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单词 non-slaveholding
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non-slaveholdingadj.

Brit. /nɒnˈsleɪvˌhəʊldɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈsleɪvˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, slave-holding at slave n.1 and adj.1 Compounds 3
Etymology: < non- prefix + slave-holding at slave n.1 and adj.1 Compounds 3.
U.S. Now historical.
Of a state: in which slave-holding is not practised or is illegal; (of a person) not owning a slave or slaves.
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1819 Deb. Congr. U.S. 17 Feb. (1855) 1235 A line..shall divide the slaveholding from the non-slaveholding States.
1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass vi. 35 He is a desperate slaveholder, who will shock the humanity of his non-slaveholding neighbors with the cries of his lacerated slave.
1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. i. 21 There remain the people who, under the classical interpretation, were lumped together as poor whites—the non-slaveholding masses of the South.
1997 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 84 444 Approximately 65 non-slaveholders gained access to slaves each year through hiring—or nearly 13 percent of the total number of non-slaveholding households in 1860.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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