abolitionism
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In his early 20s, Clay attended Yale, where he for the first time encountered abolitionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Some lawmakers, like Cash, have roots in conservative religious communities that embrace abolitionism or experience working with aligned groups.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 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
Most of the thirty thousand then at the North had come from Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri; and these States were invited to act with their southern neighbours against abolitionism.
From Liberty In The Nineteenth Century by Frederic May Holland
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