abolitionist

The bill became the second abolitionist proposal to pass through a committee this spring before time ran out to pass it this session.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

His mother, who introduced him at age 5 to Walden Pond, was an abolitionist who ran a station on the Underground Railroad, for which he would act as a conductor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

KCK also became a major stop on the underground railroad, escaped slaves gaining freedom the instant they crossed the river into Kansas, an abolitionist state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

One night, abolitionist leader William Lloyd Garrison heard Douglass tell his story to a rapt audience.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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

British abolitionists campaigned against Britain’s participation in the international slave trade during the years that followed the Zorg’s insurance trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

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

“Harriet,” Smith said, “I have brought all my young cousins to see you. I want you to make good abolitionists of them by telling them the history of your life.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling