proslavery
Americanadjective
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favoring slavery.
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U.S. History. favoring the continued enslavement of Black people, or opposed to ending or altering the institution of slavery.
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Origin of proslavery
Example Sentences
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When a Kentucky constitutional convention finally did meet, it was dominated by conservatives who actually strengthened the proslavery laws, to Clay’s chagrin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
But although Johnson, an abolitionist, intended the scene to humanize African Americans, the artwork would go on to be used as proslavery propaganda.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
His father, Philip, worked for Buchanan’s Democratic Party and lived on F Street NW between 13th and 14th streets, in a largely proslavery neighborhood.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
What are the major arguments put forward by proslavery advocates?
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
He claimed to be genuinely embarrassed at the stridently proslavery rhetoric of the delegates from the Deep South and much more comfortable on the high moral ground of his northern friends.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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