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- noun One who buys and sells people as
slaves .
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Examples
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There is no difference in _principle_, in _Christian ethics_, between the despised slavedealer and the _Christian_ who buys slaves from, or sells slaves to him; indeed, if slaves were not wanted by the respectable, the wealthy, and the religious in a community, there would be no slaves in that community, and of course no _slavedealers_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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There is no difference in _principle_, in _Christian ethics_, between the despised slavedealer and the _Christian_ who buys slaves from, or sells slaves to him; indeed, if slaves were not wanted by the respectable, the wealthy, and the religious in a community, there would be no slaves in that community, and of course no _slavedealers_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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I have some knowledge of that astute ex-slavedealer and trader's ways in the Eastern Soudan and elsewhere.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh
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There is no difference in _principle_, in _Christian ethics_, between the despised slavedealer and the _Christian_ who buys slaves from, or sells slaves to him; indeed, if slaves were not wanted by the respectable, the wealthy, and the religious in a community, there would be no slaves in that community, and of course no _slavedealers_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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There is no difference in _principle_, in _Christian ethics_, between the despised slavedealer and the _Christian_ who buys slaves from, or sells slaves to him; indeed, if slaves were not wanted by the respectable, the wealthy, and the religious in a community, there would be no slaves in that community, and of course no _slavedealers_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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He issued orders for the apprehension of the slavedealer.
Actions and Reactions Rudyard Kipling 1900
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There is no difference in _principle_, in _Christian ethics_, between the despised slavedealer and the _Christian_ who buys slaves from, or sells slaves, to him; indeed, if slaves were not wanted by the respectable, the wealthy, and the religious in a community, there would be no slaves in that community, and of course no _slavedealers_.
An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South Angelina Emily Grimke 1842
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Again, you have among you a sneaking individual of the class of native tyrants known as the "slavedealer."
Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings Abraham Lincoln 1837
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Again, you have among you a sneaking individual of the class of native tyrants known as the "slavedealer."
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858 Abraham Lincoln 1837
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