abolitionist
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During the abolitionist movement and the war itself, the North Star became a practical element of enslaved African-Americans’ looking to the heavens, a beacon of freedom and hope.
The Slavery Abolition Act became British law in 1834, during a century that would see worldwide emancipations thanks to the efforts of enslaved people and abolitionists.
Known as prison abolitionists, these groups want to see as many prisons close as possible.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike Northern abolitionists, who opposed slavery purely on moral or religious grounds, Clay focused on the effect that slavery had on white working men, who were forced into a losing competition with slaves.
A firsthand account by an escaped slave who became a famous abolitionist and orator, this memoir reframed slavery as coerced labor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
