proslavery

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Etymology

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From pro- +‎ slavery.

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proslavery (comparative more proslavery, superlative most proslavery)

  1. Supporting slavery.
    • 1902, John Lord, Beacon Lights of History, Volume XII[1]:
      By 1835 the excitement was at its height, and especially along the line of the moral and religious argumentation, where the proslavery men met talk with talk.
    • 1918, Carter G. Woodson, A Century of Negro Migration[2]:
      When it seemed later that the cause of freedom would eventually triumph the proslavery element undertook to perpetuate slavery through a system of indentured servant labor.
    • 2012 November 30, Paul Finkelman, “The Real Thomas Jefferson: The Monster of Monticello”, in New York Times[3]:
      His proslavery views were shaped not only by money and status but also by his deeply racist views, which he tried to justify through pseudoscience.

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Noun

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proslavery (uncountable)

  1. Support for the institution of slavery.
    Synonym: proslaveryism
    • 1990, Larry E. Tise, Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 1701-1840[4], page 308:
      The old wisdom that southerners rose up in unison in 1831 after a decade of preparation in the tenets of proslavery is patently an erroneous interpretation.

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