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abolitionist

[ ab-uh-lish-uh-nist ]

noun

  1. (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
  2. a person who favors the abolition of any law or practice deemed harmful to society:

    the abolitionists who are opposed to capital punishment.



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Other Word Forms

  • a··tDz· noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abolitionist1

First recorded in 1830–40; abolition + -ist
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In addition, government websites began scrubbing African-American history, including in the case of the National Park Service eliminating a photo of the famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman and descriptions of the brutal realities of slavery.

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Salon: Are there any lessons you think from the example of the abolitionists or the suffragists that people trying to resist the current backlash could take inspiration from?

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The world-premiere production, extended through March 30 due to strong advance ticket sales, musicalizes the unlikely friendship between the titular president and the noted abolitionist.

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Here lay the remains of Owen Brown, son of the legendary abolitionist John Brown.

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All of that is a clear win for abolitionists in their struggles to keep Trump from getting the federal death penalty moving again.

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