Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In United States history, favoring the principles and continuance of the institution of slavery, or opposed to national interference there-with: as, a pro-slavery Whig; pro-slavery resolutions.

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  • adjective Favoring slavery.

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  • adjective Supporting slavery.

Etymologies

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pro- +‎ slavery

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Examples

  • William Henry Harrison had served only a few weeks; after his death, the obscure Tyler governed in open defiance of the Whig Party that had put him on the ticket, pressing unpopular proslavery policies that helped set the stage for the Civil War.

    The Founders’ Great Mistake 2009

  • In response to a series of atrocities committed by the proslavery side, Brown and his men invaded cabins along Pottawatomie Creek and killed five proslavery settlers.

    An Angry Prophet David S. Reynolds 2011

  • He was tried for treason against the state of Virginia, the murder of five proslavery Southerners, and inciting a slave insurrection and was subsequently hanged.

    Five People Born on Mother’s Day in 2010 | myFiveBest 2010

  • It also includes strident proslavery pronouncements by Southerners like the Georgia politician Alexander H.

    Twelve Months of Reading 2011

  • The intransigence of proslavery forces, he believed, impelled him to take up arms.

    An Angry Prophet David S. Reynolds 2011

  • Somin: During most of the antebellum period (roughly 1790 – 1860) proslavery forces had much more power in Congress and the executive branch than antislavery ones, ...

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010

  • One living park fixture, Richard Kessler, is convinced Olmsted had Lincoln face north to defy proslavery tycoons in Manhattan.

    In Brooklyn, G Marks the Spot for a Bust of Abe Lincoln Barry Newman 2011

  • During most of the antebellum period (roughly 1790 – 1860) proslavery forces had much more power in Congress and the executive branch than antislavery ones, and a unitary policy on slavery and/or the rights of free blacks at that time would probably meant a compromise far closer to the slave state laws of the day than the free state ones.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010

  • William Henry Harrison had served only a few weeks; after his death, the obscure Tyler governed in open defiance of the Whig Party that had put him on the ticket, pressing unpopular proslavery policies that helped set the stage for the Civil War.

    The Founders’ Great Mistake 2009

  • Barber, Thomas W., 1814 - 1855, Bloomington, free state supporter, shot and killed by a proslavery supporter, named in Representative Hall

    San Francisco imposes sanctions on Arizona 2010

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