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slave driver

noun

an overseer of enslaved laborers and enforcer of hierarchy and discipline in the institution of chattel slavery.
a hard taskmaster.
His boss was a slave driver.

slave-driver

noun

(esp formerly) a person forcing slaves to work
an employer who demands excessively hard work from his employees

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slave driver¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

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It would have elevated the slave driver and left enslaved people hopeless.

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In response, Theresa May, the home secretary at the time, sponsored a bill to prosecute what she called “modern slave drivers.”

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She said that Italy had been giving immigrants few legal pathways, while instead letting migration be dominated by “smugglers” and “slave drivers.”

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I also see Trump's favorite president, Andrew Jackson, a literal white supremacist slave driver and a man who led a genocidal campaign against First Nations people.

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He worked the rat crews like a slave driver.

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