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antislavery Definition

anti·slav·ery (an′tī slāvər ē; -tē-, -ti-)

adjective

against slavery

antislavery Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • movement: One good example is the various collections relating to the antislavery movement which would be of interest to historians of women's political activism.
  • sentiment: The plays included cover a period from 1742 to 1816 - one that witnessed profound changes in both antislavery sentiment and the English stage.
  • society: In 1823, William Wilberforce and Thomas Buxton formed an antislavery society in London.
  • force: He became a forceful spokesman for the antislavery forces.
  • view: Three others already had been destroyed by people who opposed the antislavery views he expressed in the Observer.