The békés' ancestors had been the islands' colonists and slave holders.

He was also one of Saugus' few slave holders.

He was not a slave holder, hardly a sign of economic viability.

In his book, he made sure to include explicit examples of the torture methods used by slave holders.

During slavery when blood families often were broken up by slave holders, this model was particularly significant and taken literally.

In practice, many padroni acted more like slave holders than managers.

Bajan later became a means of communicating without always being understood by the slave holders.

Wells was an active Whig and a large slave holder.

He was the first slave holder in the county.

Objects of great distrust from the slave holders, they lived with the slaves and won their confidence.