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☆ slav·oc·racy (slāv äk′rə sē)

noun

slaveholders and pro-slavery forces as a dominant or powerful class in the U.S. before 1865

Etymology: slav(e) + -o- + -cracy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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