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The bill became the second abolitionist proposal to pass through a committee this spring before time ran out to pass it this session.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Nearby, is a large poster, with text penned by famed slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass, that was carried in a 1863 parade during the Civil War that calls "Men of Color, To Arms! To Arms!"

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

His mother, who introduced him at age 5 to Walden Pond, was an abolitionist who ran a station on the Underground Railroad, for which he would act as a conductor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

KCK also became a major stop on the underground railroad, escaped slaves gaining freedom the instant they crossed the river into Kansas, an abolitionist state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

The abolitionist wing of the Methodists circulated his pamphlets on Sunday morning and London periodicals published his arguments without rebuttal.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The abolitionists also assert that women should be punished not for abortion but for homicide.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

The bill’s stalling is a sign that abolitionists may seem to be on the back foot.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025

Boston’s nonviolent abolitionists failed spectacularly on their own terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

The order left both sides unhappy: Northern abolitionists were dissatisfied because the Emancipation Proclamation did not outlaw slavery everywhere; Southern slaveholders were enraged because it freed millions of slaves living in their states.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling