Proslavery
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Support for the institution of slavery. uncountable
"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."
Adjective
- 1 Supporting slavery.
"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."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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."
Etymology
From pro- + slavery.