单词 | anti-abolitionist |
释义 | > as lemmasanti-abolitionist anti-abolitionist n. and adj. Brit. /ˌantɪabəˈlɪʃn̩ɪst/ , U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˌæbəˈlɪʃənəst/ , /ˌænˌtaɪˌæbəˈlɪʃənəst/ ΚΠ 1792 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXXII. 373 It had been urged by the anti-abolitionists..that Parliament had not a right to prevent the planters from supplying themselves with negroes, or making the most of their estates. 1807 Christian Observer Apr. 252/1 Indeed we must say for our anti-abolitionist friends in general, that they are but very moderate tacticians. 1862 Sat. Rev. 13 648/1 This year's division list..showed the anti-abolitionist party in a majority. 1970 J. F. Kirkham et al. Assassination & Polit. Violence iv. 215 Abolitionists used violence to oppose slavery..and anti-abolitionists resorted to violence to support slavery. 1995 R. R. John Spreading News iv. 142 Washington was rocked by antiabolitionist riots during the summer of 1835. 2005 Wellington (Somerset) Weekly News (Nexis) 12 Jan. 15 I have no doubt that the anti-abolitionists argued that the country could not afford to do without it [sc. the slave trade]. < as lemmas |
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