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antislavery
antislavery (ˌæntɪˈsleɪvərɪ) adjopposed to slavery, esp slavery of Black peoplean•ti•slav•er•y (ˌæn tiˈsleɪ və ri, -ˈsleɪv ri, ˌæn taɪ-)
adj. 1. opposed to slavery. n. 2. opposition to slavery. [1810–20, Amer.] Antislavery
AntislaveryAbolitionistsactivist group working to free slaves. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 1]Emancipation Proclamationedict issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves (1863). [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 869]Free Soil PartyAbolitionist political party before Civil War. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 3]Jayhawkersantislavery guerrillas fighting on Union side in Civil War. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 256]Laus Deo!poem written to celebrate emancipation of slaves. [Am. Lit.: “Laus Deo!” in Hart, 460]LiberatorWilliam Lloyd Garrison’s virulently Abolitionist newspaper. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 142]Lincoln, Abraham(1809–1865) sixteenth U.S. president; issued Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 286–287]North Starnewspaper supporting emancipation founded by Frederick Douglass. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 607]Shelby, Georgevows to devote self to freeing slaves. [Am. Lit.: Uncle Tom’s Cabin]Stowe, Harriet Beecher(1811–1896) author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, influential Abolitionist novel. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 481]Uncle Tom’s Cabinhighly effective, sentimental Abolitionist novel. [Am. Lit.: Jameson, 513]Underground Railroadsystem which helped slaves to escape to the North. [Am. Hist.: EB, X: 255] |