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Definition of Antislavery
1. a. Opposed to slavery.
Definition of Antislavery
1. Adjective. Opposed to the practice of slavery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antislavery
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antislavery
Literary usage of Antislavery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Negro in Our History by Carter Godwin Woodson (1922)
"CHAPTER VI A DECLINING antislavery MOVEMENT AGAINST this system, which held in
perpetual servitude millions of blacks, and prevented the elevation of the ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1901)
"These were distinctively antislavery journals; but the daily and weekly newspapers
whose columns were not closed to antislavery literature numbered upward ..."
3. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1877)
"Christian antislavery effort. — Painful struggles. — Small success. ... Formation of
new societies on an antislavery basis. ..."
4. Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner by Edward Lillie Pierce, Charles Sumner (1893)
"... session to measures directly related to the prosecution of the war, with which
Sumner expressed his concurrence in presenting an antislavery memorial. ..."
5. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster (1890)
"Increase of antislavery Agitation —-Alarming State of Affairs. — Mr. Webster's Speech
for the Union — Circumstances under which it was made, and Motives by ..."
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