slave driver

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The rebels were led by Charles Deslondes, a mixed-race slave who laboured as a slave driver on Andry’s plantation.

From The Guardian • May 6, 2019

Perhaps as many five hundred joined the rebellion, led by Charles Deslondes, a mixed-race slave driver on a sugar plantation owned by Manuel Andry.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Stern, on the other hand, is "a slave driver."

From Time Magazine Archive

But in Chiang Kai-shek's China there was no slave driver with a lash.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Skinner was already at his desk, for he was a slave driver who drove himself fully as hard as he did those under him.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)