stakeholders
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“The beauty of this narrative was that it not only absolved Jefferson and his fellow slaveholders of their sins; it absolved America as a whole,” Mr. Rasenberger writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
In 2020, the murder of George Floyd ignited a nationwide reckoning on race, which prompted communities and institutions across the nation, including California, to remove public monuments of former slaveholders or prominent Confederate figures.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
And as 1860 approaches, you have a Northern public that just wants something to be done about the slaveholders.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025
Escaped slaves captured in Oglethorpe’s Georgia were returned to slaveholders.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
A white man named John Smith Pleasants inherited Mourning and her husband, George, from his father, one of the first slaveholders in Clover.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
