antislavery
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈsleɪvəri/
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movimiento antiesclavista
- The antislavery movement gained momentum in the early 19th century as advocates worked tirelessly to end the practice of slavery.
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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.
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Over the next few months, the antislavery
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That three of these men and women were African American slaves reinforces recent scholarship that connects Edwards's tentative antislavery.
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Many of the leaders in the antislavery struggle believed that all people deserve freedom and equality.
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In the United States, the antislavery activists organized rallies and wrote pamphlets to raise awareness about the horrors of slavery.
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A person who supports ending slavery, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries
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A movement that wants to end slavery
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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.