abolitionist

Nearby, is a large poster, with text penned by famed slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass, that was carried in a 1863 parade during the Civil War that calls "Men of Color, To Arms! To Arms!"

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Some prosecutors aren’t waiting for the passage of abolitionist laws.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Stanton enjoyed what appears to have been a happy marriage to Henry, an abolitionist attorney and journalist who was 10 years her senior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

What about critics who say the self-described police abolitionist should work closer with law enforcement to clean up the park, I told her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

This was a turning point in his life: Henry told Elizabeth that it was then that he became a dedicated abolitionist, who brought the topic of slavery up in almost every discussion.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

He conveys the grief and terror felt by abolitionists in the founding generation, who predicted catastrophe, and the abhorrence of the institution among such men as Adams, who believed in emancipation by gradual means.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

As scholars like Amanda Frost, Kate Masur and Martha Jones demonstrate, abolitionists and free Black activists used the concept of citizenship by birthright to make claims of freedom and otherwise challenge inequitable and terrifying circumstances.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025

Self-proclaimed abolitionists pressed this point when they mobilized in the 2010s.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025

Just as the British abolitionists shamed people into not buying the blood-soaked crystals forged in slavery, he told Indians not to buy goods manufactured by their colonial master.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson