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.
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- proslaver noun
- proslaveryism noun
Etymology
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
More-pragmatic abolitionists declined to abandon politics and insisted that the true spirit of the Constitution supported liberty, regardless of its proslavery compromises.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Public opinion on the issue was mixed; there were proslavery Northerners and antislavery Southerners.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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