PROSLAVERY Definition & Meaning

proslavery

[ proh-sley-vuh-ree, -sleyv-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

favoring slavery.
U.S. History. favoring the continued enslavement of Black people, or opposed to ending or altering the institution of slavery.

noun

the favoring or support of slavery.

proslavery

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adjective

in favour of or supporting slavery

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of proslavery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; pro- ¹ + slavery

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A proslavery mob attacked an abolitionist newspaper and other known antislavery activists.

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Abolitionist publisher Elijah Lovejoy is killed by a proslavery mob in Alton, Illinois.

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He eventually was forced to integrate, but he continued to hand out pro-Confederate and proslavery pamphlets to customers.

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Before Jan. 6, 2021, that symbol of the proslavery Civil War rebels had never flown in the institutional heart of American democracy outside of being featured as part of another state’s flag.

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The debate raged on amid mounting violence between proslavery and antislavery settlers in “Bleeding Kansas.”

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