1. antislavery - Noun
2. antislavery - Adjective
Opposed to slavery.
Opposition to slavery.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement from Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory citation and incisive antislavery writings. Source: Internet
Campbell, joined by other antislavery northerners, exchanged insults and invectives with southerners, neither side giving quarter. Source: Internet
As a result of these expeditions, local rulers were compelled to obey existing antislavery laws, supply porters and food to the French forces, and ensure the protection of French trade and personnel. Source: Internet
In the House, antislavery Whigs led by John Quincy Adams voted against the war; among Democrats, Senator John C. Calhoun was the most notable opponent of the declaration. Source: Internet
In 1934, Douglas S. Freeman described them as "Lee's first experience with the extravagance of irresponsible antislavery agitators" and asserted that "There is no evidence, direct or indirect, that Lee ever had them or any other Negroes flogged. Source: Internet
Further, with time, even leading antislavery Republicans would become less adamant and more willing to reconcile with the South than protect the rights of the newly freed. Source: Internet