Abolitionist
noun
A person who supports getting rid of, especially legally, a system, practice or institution, typically they were the ones who wanted to end slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The abolitionist movement in America gained momentum in the early 19th century.
Often appears as...
- abolitionist movement
- abolitionist leader
Usage tips
Historical
adjective
Relating to or supporting abolition, especially in referring to the ending of slavery.
Her abolitionist sentiments were quite well-known; she believed that all people had a right to freedom.
Often appears as...
- abolitionist sentiment
- abolitionist efforts
noun
A person who supports getting rid of, especially legally, a system, practice or institution, typically they were the ones who wanted to end slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The abolitionist movement in America gained momentum in the early 19th century.
Often appears as...
- abolitionist movement
- abolitionist leader
Usage tips
Historical
adjective
Relating to or supporting abolition, especially in referring to the ending of slavery.
Her abolitionist sentiments were quite well-known; she believed that all people had a right to freedom.
Often appears as...
- abolitionist sentiment
- abolitionist efforts
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Relevance
Understand 'abolitionist' often ties to historical contexts related to anti-slavery.
The abolitionist Harriet Tubman was instrumental in the Underground Railroad.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Stance
Using 'abolitionist' suggests a strong moral standpoint against injustices like slavery.
The abolitionists fought tirelessly for the freedom of enslaved people.
Pro Tip 3/3Activism Association
'Abolitionist' implies active participation in a cause, not passive support.
She became an abolitionist after witnessing the horrors of slavery.
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Relevance
Understand 'abolitionist' often ties to historical contexts related to anti-slavery.
The abolitionist Harriet Tubman was instrumental in the Underground Railroad.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Stance
Using 'abolitionist' suggests a strong moral standpoint against injustices like slavery.
The abolitionists fought tirelessly for the freedom of enslaved people.
Pro Tip 3/3Activism Association
'Abolitionist' implies active participation in a cause, not passive support.
She became an abolitionist after witnessing the horrors of slavery.
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Relevance
Understand 'abolitionist' often ties to historical contexts related to anti-slavery.
The abolitionist Harriet Tubman was instrumental in the Underground Railroad.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Stance
Using 'abolitionist' suggests a strong moral standpoint against injustices like slavery.
The abolitionists fought tirelessly for the freedom of enslaved people.
Pro Tip 3/3Activism Association
'Abolitionist' implies active participation in a cause, not passive support.
She became an abolitionist after witnessing the horrors of slavery.
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Video examples
Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
who's an abolitionist presented an ironic petition on behalf of the Sharks of Africa basically saying please keep up the slave trade because otherwise we're gonna run out of food to eat and so you know in all these ways sharks were seen as you know these negative creatures that we're preying on you know
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Debunking the myth of...
a prominent abolitionist and formerly enslaved person, cautioned, “the spirit of secession is stronger today than ever.” From the words of Confederate leaders, the reason for the war could not have been clearer— it was slavery. So how did this revisionist history come about?
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The case for optimism on...
and on that 'yes', the future world depends." When the abolitionists started their movement, they met with no after no after no. And then came a yes. The Women's Suffrage and Women's Rights Movement met endless no's, until finally, there was a yes.
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How one piece of...
to vote in fraudulent elections and raid anti-slavery settlements. One northern abolitionist, John Brown, became notorious following the Pottawatomie Massacre of 1856 when he and his sons hacked to death five pro-slavery farmers with broad swords.
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How urban spaces can...
and you don't have a sense of blackness at all. The Brookes map, which was an image that helped abolitionists see and be merciful for that condition of the crossing, is something that we want to repeat. And I was taken by the conceptuality
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
I mean, these people had nothing, and they were so petrified, they wanted to give up, but the woman in the center rallied for them to persevere, and abolitionists on the ground helped them get a quarry lease of their own,
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Lessons from death row...
maybe the most important corner -- where everybody agrees, where the most ardent death penalty supporters and the most vociferous abolitionists are on exactly the same page. That's the corner I want to explore.
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The breathtaking courage...
Tubman returned to the South 13 times to free her niece, brothers, parents, and many others. She earned the nickname Black Moses and worked diligently with fellow abolitionists to help enslaved people escape,
Video examples
Lessons from death row...
the death penalty debate maybe the most important corner where everybody agrees where the most ardent death penalty supporters and the most vociferous abolitionists are on exactly the same
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Where foreign laws and...
ordering their extradition but there was one potential and very important obstacle and that was if ultimately convicted burns and rafi could be executed Canada is an abolitionist
Video examples
Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
who's an abolitionist presented an ironic petition on behalf of the Sharks of Africa basically saying please keep up the slave trade because otherwise we're gonna run out of food to eat and so you know in all these ways sharks were seen as you know these negative creatures that we're preying on you know
Video examples
Debunking the myth of...
a prominent abolitionist and formerly enslaved person, cautioned, “the spirit of secession is stronger today than ever.” From the words of Confederate leaders, the reason for the war could not have been clearer— it was slavery. So how did this revisionist history come about?
Video examples
The case for optimism on...
and on that 'yes', the future world depends." When the abolitionists started their movement, they met with no after no after no. And then came a yes. The Women's Suffrage and Women's Rights Movement met endless no's, until finally, there was a yes.
Video examples
How one piece of...
to vote in fraudulent elections and raid anti-slavery settlements. One northern abolitionist, John Brown, became notorious following the Pottawatomie Massacre of 1856 when he and his sons hacked to death five pro-slavery farmers with broad swords.
Video examples
How urban spaces can...
and you don't have a sense of blackness at all. The Brookes map, which was an image that helped abolitionists see and be merciful for that condition of the crossing, is something that we want to repeat. And I was taken by the conceptuality
Video examples
Lisa Kristine: Photos...
I mean, these people had nothing, and they were so petrified, they wanted to give up, but the woman in the center rallied for them to persevere, and abolitionists on the ground helped them get a quarry lease of their own,
Video examples
Lessons from death row...
maybe the most important corner -- where everybody agrees, where the most ardent death penalty supporters and the most vociferous abolitionists are on exactly the same page. That's the corner I want to explore.
Video examples
The breathtaking courage...
Tubman returned to the South 13 times to free her niece, brothers, parents, and many others. She earned the nickname Black Moses and worked diligently with fellow abolitionists to help enslaved people escape,
Video examples
Lessons from death row...
the death penalty debate maybe the most important corner where everybody agrees where the most ardent death penalty supporters and the most vociferous abolitionists are on exactly the same
Video examples
Where foreign laws and...
ordering their extradition but there was one potential and very important obstacle and that was if ultimately convicted burns and rafi could be executed Canada is an abolitionist
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Quote examples
Dennis Prager
American Journalist
Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family.
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Frederick Douglass
American Author
Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
Enslaving each other was what human beings had done for ages. And the abolitionist movement was greeted with incredulity. Conservative spokesmen ridiculed the abolitionists as liberals, progressives, do-gooders, meddlers, and activists.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
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Barry Larkin
American Athlete
The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
In the suffragist and abolitionist era, there were a lot of white women and some black men and women who argued for the old hierarchy and against universal adult suffrage - often on religious grounds.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
What does it look like to build a city, state, or nation invested in communities thriving rather than their death and destruction? To ask this question is the first act of an abolitionist.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
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Carter G. Woodson
American Historian
One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.
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Robert Toombs
American Politician
There were thousands of abolitionists who were free traders.
Quote examples
Dennis Prager
American Journalist
Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family.
Quote examples
Frederick Douglass
American Author
Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us.
Quote examples
Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
Enslaving each other was what human beings had done for ages. And the abolitionist movement was greeted with incredulity. Conservative spokesmen ridiculed the abolitionists as liberals, progressives, do-gooders, meddlers, and activists.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
Quote examples
Barry Larkin
American Athlete
The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came.
Quote examples
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
In the suffragist and abolitionist era, there were a lot of white women and some black men and women who argued for the old hierarchy and against universal adult suffrage - often on religious grounds.
Quote examples
Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
What does it look like to build a city, state, or nation invested in communities thriving rather than their death and destruction? To ask this question is the first act of an abolitionist.
Quote examples
Ava DuVernay
American Director
I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
Quote examples
Carter G. Woodson
American Historian
One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.
Quote examples
Robert Toombs
American Politician
There were thousands of abolitionists who were free traders.
Example 1 of 10
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