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- noun Plural form of
slaveowner .
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Apparently he thinks that an America where some people are slaves and other people are slaveowners is better than an America where all people are free. edward says:
Matthew Yglesias » Marriages Becoming More Financially Egalitarian 2010
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A 2007 investigation by the Baltimore Sun [See family tree] found that Obama’s direct maternal ancestors included slaveowners from the time of William and Mary right down to the eve of the U.S.
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A 2007 investigation by the Baltimore Sun [See family tree] found that Obama’s direct maternal ancestors included slaveowners from the time of William and Mary right down to the eve of the U.S.
More On Obama’s Ancestry–His American Ancestors Included An Unreconstructed Confederate 2008
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A 2007 investigation by the Baltimore Sun [See family tree] found that Obama’s direct maternal ancestors included slaveowners from the time of William and Mary right down to the eve of the U.S.
What Obama’s Grandma Thought Of His “Throw Grandma Under The Bus” Speech 2008
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Mr. Flanders, and Mr. May, and a whole host of others, who were known as slaveowners, are now satisfied that the Union men of the
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Compromise, whereby the slaveowners were allowed to carry their slaves into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
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After all, to focus solely on the "slaveowners" aspect of our founders would be to focus on that slave owning itself.
RedState 2009
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Reporting on descendants of slaves and slaveowners meeting in the capitol, Atlanta Constitution political editor Remer Tyson described encountering a good-old-boy state senator from a rural south Georgia district after the event.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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“I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners,” he boasted in his bellwether speech on race, “an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters.”
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Whenever, as an American diplomat and as Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams had to advocate the interests of slaveowners, he did so with his full determination and ability.
R. B. Bernstein: Will the Real John Quincy Adams Please Stand Up? R. B. Bernstein 2011
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