proslavery
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- adjective
- /ˌproʊˈsleɪvəri/
- Offensive
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esclavista
- Throughout the political debates, his proslavery views were evident, as he consistently argued against abolition.
- proslavery forces
- proslavery forces in Kansas
Examples
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As the institution of slavery came under fire from abolitionists, proslavery writers increasingly drew upon the idea of African racial inferiority to justify their bondage.
Academic text (2015) -
That you (one hopes) will not find a tenured professor at a major university who earnestly propounds a proslavery ideology is a testament to political progress.
Blog text (9) -
The election of a Republican president would mean no more proslavery appointments to the Court.
Academic text (2008) -
9. This was a favorite argument of proslavery publicists in the old days.
Academic text (1999) -
The proslavery apologists responded to this by criticizing the Founders and the Declaration of Independence.
Blog text (15) -
The frontier territories were central to this debate, for their emergence into statehood continually shifted the representation of proslavery and antislavery interests in Washington, D.C.
Academic text (2009) -
Today, Cartwright's work is relegated to the scrapheap of scientific racism, appearing in volumes of proslavery writings alongside the champions of King Cotton.
Academic text (2017) -
He took issue with Gilmore's negative description of slavery, painting instead a picture of the plantation worthy of mid-nineteenth century proslavery apologists.
Academic text (2004) -
The Washington Union was Buchanan's mouthpiece, and the article in question was a sighting shot in the war that was beginning between Douglas and the Buchanan Administration on the proslavery Lecompton Constitution.
Academic text (2008) -
What made Douglas all the more attractive was his leadership of the Congressional Republicans in the recent struggle over the Lecompton Constitution—the draft state constitution proposed by proslavery forces in Kansas.
Academic text (2008)
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Etymology
The word proslavery comes from the prefix pro- 'for' and slavery 'the system of owning people as slaves'. So proslavery describes someone or something that is 'for' or supports slavery.