positionOnSlavery
P10907
predicate
Indicates a stance, opinion, or policy that an entity holds regarding the institution or practice of slavery.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| positionOnSlavery canonical | 36 |
| viewOnSlavery | 4 |
| policyTowardSlavery | 2 |
| stanceOnSlavery | 2 |
| attitudeTowardSlavery | 1 |
| combatantLeaderProSlavery | 1 |
| describedSlaveryAs | 1 |
| policyOnSlavery | 1 |
| slaveryIssue | 1 |
| stanceOnEmancipation | 1 |
| viewsSlaveryAs | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: positionOnSlavery
Generated description
Indicates a stance, opinion, or policy that an entity holds regarding the institution or practice of slavery.
Sample triples (51)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Radical Republicanism | immediate abolition of slavery ⓘ |
| Catharine Beecher | opposed slavery via predicate surface "viewOnSlavery" ⓘ |
| John C. Calhoun | a positive good via predicate surface "describedSlaveryAs" ⓘ |
| American abolitionist movement | demanded immediate emancipation by many leaders ⓘ |
| American abolitionist movement | some factions supported gradual emancipation ⓘ |
| American Anti-Slavery Society | immediate abolition without compensation to slaveholders ⓘ |
| The Selling of Joseph | opposes slavery ⓘ |
| The Selling of Joseph | opposes slavery ⓘ |
| Conscience Whigs | opposed expansion of slavery ⓘ |
| Conscience Whigs | criticized the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ |
| Conscience Whigs | opposed the Mexican–American War as a pro-slavery expansion war ⓘ |
| An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves | critical of abuses in slavery ⓘ |
| An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves | advocates reform within existing slave system ⓘ |
| The Analytical Review | largely abolitionist via predicate surface "stanceOnSlavery" ⓘ |
| Canningite | increasingly sympathetic to anti-slavery sentiment of the period via predicate surface "viewOnSlavery" ⓘ |
| Marie St. Clare | supports slavery via predicate surface "attitudeTowardSlavery" ⓘ |
| A Disquisition on Government | positive good via predicate surface "viewsSlaveryAs" ⓘ |
| Réflexions sur l’esclavage des nègres | condemns slavery as morally unjust ⓘ |
| Réflexions sur l’esclavage des nègres | advocates abolition of Black slavery ⓘ |
| Northern Democratic Party | tolerated slavery where it already existed ⓘ |
| Northern Democratic Party | generally opposed abolitionism ⓘ |
| Constitutional Union Party | downplayed slavery issue ⓘ |
| John Mitchel | supportive of slavery in the American South via predicate surface "viewOnSlavery" ⓘ |
| Ghiscari slaveholding culture | slavery as natural order via predicate surface "viewOnSlavery" ⓘ |
| A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition | condemns slavery as unjust via predicate surface "stanceOnSlavery" ⓘ |
| Sharp’s case against slavery in England | opposes slavery in England ⓘ |
| Battle of Osawatomie | John W. Reid via predicate surface "combatantLeaderProSlavery" ⓘ |
| Presidency of James Buchanan | supported extension of slavery into territories under popular sovereignty ⓘ |
| Presidency of James Buchanan | accepted Dred Scott decision as final settlement ⓘ |
| Presidency of James Buchanan | supported pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution for Kansas ⓘ |
| Hunker Democrats | opposed radical anti-slavery measures ⓘ |
| Hunker Democrats | more accommodating to slavery than Barnburners ⓘ |
| Cotton Whigs | support for Southern slaveholding interests ⓘ |
| Cotton Whigs | opposed immediate abolition ⓘ |
| An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans | immediate abolition ⓘ |
| Edward Long | supporter of chattel slavery ⓘ |
| De Indis | criticizes unjust enslavement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| Maryland colonial government | legalized chattel slavery via predicate surface "policyOnSlavery" ⓘ |
| Abraham Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan | required acceptance of emancipation via predicate surface "policyTowardSlavery" ⓘ |
| Abraham Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan | did not itself fully define freedpeople’s civil rights via predicate surface "policyTowardSlavery" ⓘ |
| Presidency of John Tyler | expansion of slavery into Texas via predicate surface "slaveryIssue" ⓘ |
| The Philanthropist (abolitionist newspaper) | anti-slavery ⓘ |
| The Philanthropist (abolitionist newspaper) | support for immediate emancipation via predicate surface "stanceOnEmancipation" ⓘ |
| Leavenworth Constitution | anti-slavery ⓘ |
| Wyandotte Constitution | prohibited slavery in Kansas ⓘ |
| The Emancipator (abolitionist newspaper) | anti-slavery ⓘ |
| Appeal to the Christian Women of the South | slavery is a sin ⓘ |
| Appeal to the Christian Women of the South | slavery violates Christian teachings ⓘ |
| Appeal to the Christian Women of the South | slavery should be peacefully abolished ⓘ |
| Walker’s Appeal | uncompromisingly abolitionist ⓘ |