Ideology that perceives slavery as a positive good.
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Examples for "pro-slavery"
Examples for "pro-slavery"
1The country was apparently in the full tide of a pro-slavery reaction.
2The pro-slavery party were very indignant over the matter, and the Hon.
3This condition attracted the attention of the national guardians of pro-slavery interests.
4The validity of the so called pro-slavery legislature rested upon this election.
5The Senate had the requisite pro-slavery majority of two-thirds for a convention.
1He became interested in the pending discussion, and espoused the proslavery side.
2Again the Missourians swarmed over the border, and a proslavery legislature was elected.
3The proslavery laws of Missouri were adopted, and Kansas became a slave-holding territory.
4Thereupon the proslavery men formed a constitution (Lecompton) for a slave state.
5Thus the proslavery party in the Territory was overthrown.
1The politician had a stronger argument in defense of slavery.
2The clergy at the South were by this time generally united in the defense of slavery.
3The defense of slavery on principle had not yet begun to be heard, even among politicians.
4In 1844 Southern Methodist Episcopalian conferences resolved upon separation and committed themselves to the defense of slavery.
5Many Americans see such statues as symbols of racism and glorifications of the southern states' defense of slavery.
Translations for anti-abolitionism