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Definitions of abolitionists in various dictionaries:
noun - a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
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Those who were in favour of the end of slavery |
They do away with twenty three libations, possibly |
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Oct 1 2017 The Times - Specialist |
Feb 10 2008 The Times - Cryptic |
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From Latin for "put an end to", it's the term for reformers like Wm. L. Garrison who wanted to end slavery |
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Plural form of abolitionist. |
a person who favours the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery. |
A person who favours the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery. |
Members of the movement led in Britain by William Wilberforce that helped bring about an end to the slave trade |
People opposed to slavery, particularly in the pre-Civil War US |
Members of the movement led in Britain by William Wilberforce that helped bring about an end to the |
Anti-slavery campaigners |
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Abolitionism (or the abolitionist movement) is the movement to end slavery. This term can be used formally or informally. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism is a historical movement in effort to end the African and Indian slave trade and set slaves free. King Charles I of Spain, usually known as Emperor Charles V, was following the example of Louis X of France who abolished slavery within the Kingdom of France in 1315. He passed a law which would have abolished colonial slavery in 1542, although this law was not passed in the largest colonial states, and was not enforced. In the late 17th century, the Roman Catholic Church, taking up a plea by Lourenço da Silva de Mendouça, officially condemned the slave trade, which was affirmed vehemently by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839. The abolitionist movement only started in the late 18th century, however, when English and American Quakers began to question the morality of slavery. James Oglethorpe was among the first to articulate the |