abolitionist

The exhibit explained that, prior to becoming an abolitionist, he had enslaved people in his household.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Gouverneur agreed to refuse acceptance of abolitionist shipments pending a ruling from Kendall.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Ferocious cross-examination of witnesses by one of Hanway’s defense lawyers, the abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens, exposed the weaknesses in the prosecution’s case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist, came eventually to agree with Lincoln.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Why, my dear brothers can you not see the deep laid scheme of the clergy against us as lecturers?” she wrote in a letter to two abolitionist leaders.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The book that I’ve written with my colleague Daphna Renan, Supremacy, goes through the history of the court’s power—as well as what people thought of it—from abolitionists through the Civil Rights Movement to the present.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Known as prison abolitionists, these groups want to see as many prisons close as possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

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

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025

At Peterboro, she met other abolitionists, including the Grimké sisters, Sarah and Angelina, daughters of a South Carolina slaveholding family.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling