abolitionism

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Some lawmakers, like Cash, have roots in conservative religious communities that embrace abolitionism or experience working with aligned groups.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025

Writes Mr. Kurlansky: “Brown, the onetime pariah of abolitionism, was becoming its leading symbol.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Kenneth, who is the great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, added "We taught the students today that Frederick wasn't much older than they are now when he started his career in abolitionism and activism."

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

It’s the same impulse that supported 19th century abolitionism and reconstruction after the Civil War.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

Again he might say that this principle of abolitionism was contrary to all the experience which America had acquired as a nation on this subject.

From Discussion on American Slavery by Breckinridge, Rev. Robert J.