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antislavery

antislavery

3.9
A movement to end slavery
  • noun
  • /ˌæntiˈsleɪvəri/
translation icon : movimiento antiesclavista
  • The antislavery movement gained momentum in the early 19th century as advocates worked tirelessly to end the practice of slavery.

Examples

  • Like many of his contemporaries, du Var used the vocabulary of antislavery in discussing the workers, referring both to their enfranchisement and their eventual emancipation.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Over the next few months, the antislavery

    Blog text (14)
  • That three of these men and women were African American slaves reinforces recent scholarship that connects Edwards's tentative antislavery.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Many of the leaders in the antislavery struggle believed that all people deserve freedom and equality.

  • In the United States, the antislavery activists organized rallies and wrote pamphlets to raise awareness about the horrors of slavery.

Synonyms

abolitionist
vsantislavery
19 6.5

A person who supports ending slavery, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries

is the broader movement or belief rather than an individual supporter
abolitionism
vsantislavery
1 7.8

A movement that wants to end slavery

is the general belief or movement without forming a formal doctrine

Antonyms

proslavery
  • Offensive
9.8

The idea that people should be kept as slaves

How Supportive

proslavery
  • Offensive
9.8
neutrality
22 4.4
antislavery
3.9

Surface Forms

antislavery singular
antislaveries plural

Morphology

antislavery = slavery (transparent) = anti + slave + ry

The noun is formed by straightforward prefixation of 'anti-' to 'slavery', yielding the movement or belief against slavery.

Etymology

Antislavery also names the belief or movement to end slavery and is made from anti- ('against') and slavery ('the system of owning people'). That's why as a noun it means the idea or group that fights to stop slavery.