slavocracy

slavocracy
slavocrat /slay"veuh krat'/, n.slavocratic /slay'veuh krat"ik/, adj.
/slay vok"reuh see/, n., pl. slavocracies.
1. the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
2. a dominating body of slaveholders.
[1830-40; SLAVE + -O- + -CRACY]

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