proslavery

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ slavery.

Adjective

proslavery (comparative more proslavery, superlative most proslavery)

1. Supporting slavery.
   • 1902, John Lord, Beacon Lights of History, Volume XII‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1918, Carter G. Woodson, A Century of Negro Migration‎^[2]:

     When it seemed later that the cause of freedom would eventually triumph the proslavery element undertook to perpetuate slavery through a system of indentured servant labor.

   • 2012 November 30, Paul Finkelman, “The Real Thomas Jefferson: The Monster of Monticello”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     His proslavery views were shaped not only by money and status but also by his deeply racist views, which he tried to justify through pseudoscience.

Translations

supporting slavery

• French: esclavagiste (fr)

Noun

proslavery (uncountable)

1. Support for the institution of slavery.

   Synonym: proslaveryism

   • 1990, Larry E. Tise, Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 1701-1840‎^[4], page 308:

     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.

Translations

support for the institution of slavery

• French: esclavagisme (fr)