abolition
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My hope for this country: Revolution, liberation, abolition, community care, mutual aid, public services that actually allow people to thrive instead of like constant competition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
He points to evangelical Anglicans like William Wilberforce who championed abolition.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
But Mr. Popkin has shown how much the abolition debate mattered at every stage of the French Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider abolition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
By 1804, New Jersey had been the last Northern state to pass abolition laws.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing abolition
American History I
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The American Civil War
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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