antiabolitionist
Opposed ending slavery
An antiabolitionist opposed the movement to end slavery, particularly in the United States before the Civil War.
Antiabolitionists ranged from slaveholders defending their economic interests to Northern workers fearing competition from freed Black laborers.
Antiabolitionist mobs attacked printing presses and threatened speakers.
The term appears almost exclusively in historical contexts.
Favoring legalized human ownership
- slaveholderOwner of enslaved persons
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
Dred Scott · Missouri Compromise · Fugitive Slave Act · John C. Calhoun · Compromise of 1850 · Kansas-Nebraska Act · Jefferson Davis · Old South
Favoring legalized human ownership
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- chattelMovable personal property
- enslavementForced human ownership
slaveholder · overseer · auction · servitude · oppression · subjugation · slave trade · slave codes
Favoring legalized human ownership
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
paternalism · white supremacy · racial hierarchy · sectionalism · nullification · property rights · Southern honor · agrarianism
Active resistance or dissent
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- mob violenceGroup-inflicted harm
censorship · gag rule · intimidation · persecution · suppression · tar and feather · vigilantism · book burning
proslavery
Favoring legalized human ownership
- slaveholderOwner of enslaved persons
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
secession · Dred Scott · Missouri Compromise · Fugitive Slave Act · John C. Calhoun · Compromise of 1850 · Kansas-Nebraska Act · Jefferson Davis · Old South · Confederacy
proslavery
Favoring legalized human ownership
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- chattelMovable personal property
enslavement · slaveholder · overseer · auction · servitude · oppression · subjugation · slave trade · slave codes · fugitive
proslavery
Favoring legalized human ownership
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
status quo · paternalism · white supremacy · racial hierarchy · sectionalism · nullification · property rights · Southern honor · agrarianism · anti-federalism
opposition
Active resistance or dissent
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
mob violence · censorship · gag rule · intimidation · persecution · suppression · tar and feather · vigilantism · book burning · silencing
antiabolitionistabolitionist
Opponent of human bondage
emancipationist · freedom fighter · abolition · Frederick Douglass · Harriet Tubman
antiabolitionistprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
egalitarian · humanist · reformer · social justice advocate · human rights advocate
antiabolitionistegalitarian
Equality principle supporter
humanist · progressive · civil rights advocate · human rights activist · liberationist