abolitionism
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In part, Lynch was influential because of the deep connection between birthright citizenship, racial equality, and abolitionism.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026
In his early 20s, Clay attended Yale, where he for the first time encountered abolitionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 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 Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
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