slavocracy

[ sley-vok-ruh-see ]

/ sleɪˈvɒk rə si /

the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.

a dominating body of slaveholders.

Origin of slavocracy

First recorded in 1830–40; slave + -o- + -cracy

slav·o·crat

[sley-vuh-krat] /ˈsleɪ vəˌkræt/, noun slav·o·crat·ic

[sley-vuh-krat-ik] /ˌsleɪ vəˈkræt ɪk/, adjective

If Douglas had the slavocracy back of him and catered to it, he did not have plutocracy back of him.

Children of the Market Place |Edgar Lee Masters
It was thus that Van Buren made his extreme concession to the slavocracy.

Martin Van Buren |Edward M. Shepard
There was already much talk that Texas was being drawn toward the United States by the slavocracy.

Children of the Market Place |Edgar Lee Masters
It had long been an axiom with the slavocracy that the institution would perish unless it had the opportunity to expand.

The Anti-Slavery Crusade |Jesse Macy

The New England conscience excoriated these things and attributed them to the machinations of the slavocracy.

Children of the Market Place |Edgar Lee Masters

slavocracy

/ (sleɪˈvɒkrəsɪ) /

slaveholders as a dominant class

domination by slaveholders