abolitionism

The city was known for its antislavery rhetoric and as the center of abolitionism, but Black residents endured “casual cruelty” in the work force and were condemned to lives of poverty without the chance for equal employment.

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."

It’s the same impulse that supported 19th century abolitionism and reconstruction after the Civil War.

The second, “the old abolitionism,” frames the death penalty as an issue of morality and is unabashedly engaged with those questions.

Although the church’s position has been important in some instances, death penalty opponents in this country have made great progress by highlighting new abolitionism arguments and, in many cases, eschewing or downplaying the moral argument against capital punishment.