abolition

Example Sentences

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Had California remained part of Mexico, it would have been in this larger, earlier wave of abolition, rather than seeing the continuation or return of enslavement.

From Los Angeles Times

Joe and Kate did not initially understand what the jury's verdict meant – and have now spent more than three decades campaigning for the abolition of not proven.

From BBC

The law requires that committee to review designs, and after a multiyear effort, it settled on five themes for the five quarters: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, abolition, suffrage and civil rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

A group of Afro-Surinamese people, however, have criticized the royal program for not including a wreath-laying at a Paramaribo monument celebrating the abolition of slavery.

From Barron's

A group of Afro-Surinamese people have criticized the royal program for not including a wreath-laying at a Paramaribo monument celebrating the abolition of slavery.

From Barron's