pro-slavist

English

Alternative forms

• proslavist

Noun

pro-slavist (plural pro-slavists)

1. (US, historical) A supporter of slavery in the United States.

   Antonyms: abolitionist, antislavist

   • 1890, W. A. Burt Jones, “Jones, John Rice”, in Chicago Historical Society's Collection‎^[1], volume 4, page 239:

     Among the signers was John Rice Jones, a consistent pro-slavist […]

   • 1921, S. K. Donovan, “John Brown at Harper's Ferry and Charlestown”, in Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, page 322:

     […] and the other was Clement Vallandigham, of Ohio, then a hated pro-slavist and afterwards a noted opponent of the war to preserve the Union.