Definition of Slaving

1. Verb. (present participle of slave) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slaving

1. slave [v] - See also: slave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaving

slavered
slaverer
slaverers
slaveries
slavering
slaveringly
slavers
slavery
slaves
slaves away
slaves to fashion
slavey
slaveys
slavies
slavikite
slaving (current term)
slaving away
slavish
slavishly
slavishness
slavishnesses
slavocracies
slavocracy
slavocrat
slavocrats
slaw
slaws
slawsonite
slay
slayable

Literary usage of Slaving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pioneering on the Congo by William Holman Bentley (1900)
"PONTA DE LENHA CHAPTER II THE OLD slaving DAYS: 1670-1877 ' He that stealeth a man, ... slaving had been practically the only trade from the beginning, ..."

2. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1890)
"... prying eyes of modern research, as it uncovers an actual venture after negroes, a voyage deliberately planned by Peter slaving voy- Faneuil, ..."

3. A History of England, from the Defeat of the Armada to the Death of by Edward Potts Cheyney (1914)
"... CHAPTER XIX slaving, MARAUDING AND EXPLORATION SOUTH-WESTWARD THE year 1562, when the queen joined as a partner for the first time in one of these ..."

4. Ned Myers; or, A life before the mast by James Fenimore Cooper (1843)
"I feel certain that very few sailors know in what light the law views slaving. ... but slaving was encouraged by all nations a short time since; ..."

5. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"My Views are not appreciated. — Foundries. — Smithies. — Manyara Dress.—A Drum-major.—The slaving System.—The Mighty Lualaba.—Going with the Stream. ..."

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