abolition

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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

The outright and immediate abolition of the leasehold system in England and Wales would be "almost certainly impossible", the housing minister has said.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

After starting anew, he spent his final decades there, dying in 1810 but living long enough to witness the British and American abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The business model hasn’t been applied since the abolition of Denmark’s Sound Toll in 1857, when international powers in the pocket of mercantile interests paid off the Kingdom to provide free access.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It had been converted, following the abolition of the death penalty in New York State, to a vocational building with modest print, drafting, woodworking, welding, and small-engine shops.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover