Examples of 'opposed slavery' in a sentence

Meaning of "opposed slavery"

opposed slavery - to be against or in opposition to the institution of slavery

How to use "opposed slavery" in a sentence

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opposed slavery
He believed in temperance and actively opposed slavery.
He frequently opposed slavery in his verse and prose.
He supported strong federal government and opposed slavery.
Opposed slavery and its extension into new territories.
He was also an abolitionist who opposed slavery on religious grounds.
Booth had opposed slavery and was told he was a criminal for that.
Most people there opposed slavery.
We opposed slavery.
They often worked together with allies who opposed slavery.
Quakers opposed slavery.
He left the Democrats cause he opposed slavery.
Spooner opposed slavery.
It also forgets that Christians were also the ones who opposed slavery.
He actively opposed slavery.
Both opposed slavery during the Convention.

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He undoubtedly opposed slavery.
Both Army commanders under General Sherman were abolitionists who opposed slavery.
Brown was alarmed that people who opposed slavery seemed unprepared to act.
Many of the Germans were sympathetic to the Union and opposed slavery.
Joseph Smith supported and opposed slavery at different points in his life.
You can see why the Republican Party opposed slavery.
Moreover, it steadfastly opposed slavery and supported social reform.
Of course, these two groups were not the only groups that actively opposed slavery.
The new party opposed slavery and promoted land ownership, banking, and railroads.
The British people strongly opposed slavery.
It had never opposed slavery root and branch, while always urging that manumission was meritorious.
Abigail Adams vocally opposed slavery.
Generally, rabbis from the Southern states supported slavery, and those from the North opposed slavery.
Uncle Tom 's Cabin opposed slavery.
Some included Abraham Lincoln, the American civil war president who opposed slavery.
From an early age, Hinde opposed slavery.
He was a Freemason and member of the First Presbyterian Church, both of which opposed slavery.
Unlike Jackson, Cartwright opposed slavery.
Abraham Lincoln was the candidate for the Republican Party -- a new party that opposed slavery.
Like Lincoln, Linder opposed slavery.
Republicans, meanwhile, to one degree or another, all opposed slavery.
In his early years, Hinde publicly opposed slavery.
It was the barbarians, so called, who opposed slavery.
Owen was an advocate for women 's rights, free public education, and opposed slavery.
He was a Democrat, a supporter of the Union, and opposed slavery.
At this time, many ( probably most ) of the settlers in Kansas opposed slavery.

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