"antislavist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: antislavists [plural], anti-slavist [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} antislavist (plural antislavists)
  1. (historical) An opponent of slavery, an abolitionist. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Slavery
    Sense id: en-antislavist-en-noun-wM2vaGe9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014, Shelby T. McCloy, The Negro in the French West Indies, page 74:",
          "text": "Both the English antislavist Thomas Clarkson and the French antislavist Abbé Henri Grégoire, to whom he had revealed his plans to return, advised him strongly to desist.",
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