slaveholder

C17941
concept

A slaveholder is an individual who legally or illegally owns and controls other human beings as property, exploiting their labor and restricting their freedom.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
slaveholder canonical 7
American slave owner 1
enslaver 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: slaveholder
Generated description
A slaveholder is an individual who legally or illegally owns and controls other human beings as property, exploiting their labor and restricting their freedom.

Instances (9)

Instance Via concept surface
Isaac Royall Sr.
Mr. Sands
Carter family of Virginia
surface form: Robert Carter III
Henry W. Grimké
Isaac Royall Jr.
Mr. Harris enslaver
Robert Carter III
John Brown (Rhode Island merchant) American slave owner
William Campbell