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abolition

[ab-uh-lish-uhn] / ˌæb əˈlɪʃ ən /


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The Marquis de Condorcet and Jacques Pierre Brissot were Girondins who lost their lives in the Terror before the abolition of slavery, for which they had long campaigned.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The abolition law of 1794 was pushed through despite, not because of, Robespierre, and soon afterward he accused his former friends of having passed a decree “whose likely result was the loss of our colonies.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

He indicates how later generations took the Declaration as an inspiration for their own causes, from temperance to women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This has all the technical detail required to formalise the abolition of NHS England and the move of its functions to the Department of Health and Social Care.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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