abolition
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“The abolition of slavery did not come about only because of resistance on the part of the oppressed,” he finds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
He indicates how later generations took the Declaration as an inspiration for their own causes, from temperance to women’s rights and the abolition of slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Recently, survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb pressed for the abolition of nuclear arms at the United Nations, calling to build a human society free from nuclear weapons and war.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
After starting anew, he spent his final decades there, dying in 1810 but living long enough to witness the British and American abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The group promptly passed several resolutions, including one that endorsed the abolition of slavery and another that offered support to the federal government.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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