antislavery

an·ti·slav·ery | \ ˌan-tē-ˈslā-v(ə-)rē

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, ˌan-tī- \

variants: or anti-slavery

Definition of antislavery

: opposed to slavery an antislavery activist the antislavery movement

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Recent Examples on the Web The Constitution was hardly an antislavery document. — Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, "What Tom Cotton Gets So Wrong About Slavery and the Constitution," 3 Aug. 2020 Guyatt praises Garrison for insisting that slavery was a national problem, a position that antislavery politicians repeatedly endorsed long before Garrison arrived on the scene. — Nicholas Guyatt, The New York Review of Books, "‘No Property in Man’: An Exchange," 6 June 2019 His pro-union, antislavery rhetoric was initially modeled by Abraham Lincoln (who always scores first place in this survey). — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, "The 10 worst presidents: Besides Trump, whom do scholars scorn the most?," 20 Feb. 2018 In 1730s Philadelphia, one Quaker's antislavery agitation cost him dearly. — Joe Smydo, Philly.com, "'The Fearless Benjamin Lay': A Pennsylvania Quaker dwarf who was a giant in abolitionism," 5 Nov. 2017 Its original Presbyterian congregation was fervently antislavery and was composed of some of the area’s most prominent citizens. — Patti Nickell, Philly.com, "Learn the history, see the art of Southern Indiana," 6 Oct. 2017 In Washington, a Northern antislavery senator was beaten in the Senate chamber by a Southern congressman. — Robert K. Landers, WSJ, "The First Republican Candidate," 30 July 2017

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“Antislavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antislavery. Accessed 27 Jan. 2021.

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