doughface
Yankee slavery apologist
A doughface was a Northern politician before the Civil War who sympathized with the South on slavery—someone whose principles were as malleable as dough.
The term was contemptuous, implying moral weakness and susceptibility to Southern pressure.
It has faded from use but occasionally surfaces in historical discussions of antebellum politics.
Before a war's start
- appeasementSatisfying demands to prevent conflict
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- DemocratBlue party supporter
- slaveryOwnership of people
compromise · politician · sympathizer · Buchanan · Pierce · copperhead · secessionist · Union
antebellum
Before a war's start
- appeasementSatisfying demands to prevent conflict
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- DemocratBlue party supporter
slavery · compromise · politician · sympathizer · Buchanan · Pierce · copperhead · secessionist · Union · proslavery
mask
Face-worn concealment
impressionable · soft · moldable · putty · weak · yielding · shapeless · formless · pasty · flour
doughfaceabolitionist
Opponent of human bondage
Frederick Douglass · John Brown · emancipationist · Radical Republican · Harriet Beecher Stowe
doughfacestalwart
Unwavering loyal supporter
firebrand · hardliner · true believer · zealot · moral crusader