abolitionist
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She criticized Hernandez for describing herself as abolitionist — someone who favors the gradual replacement of law enforcement with other social services.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
History textbooks often include the story of the Underground Railroad, an organized network of secret routes, places and people that guided enslaved populations from the South to abolitionist Northern states.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Some prosecutors aren’t waiting for the passage of abolitionist laws.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Refusing to fight back, writes Mr. Kurlansky, Garrison “showed how an abolitionist should face a mob.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
It was the kind of thing that would make you ’shamed the next time you ran into a real angel or a real abolitionist.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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