abolitionism
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In four major speeches Douglass extolled the Mayflower, joining antislavery figures who looked back to the Plymouth settlers—who established government by consent and initially did not legalize slavery—as an ur-source of abolitionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In part, Lynch was influential because of the deep connection between birthright citizenship, racial equality, and abolitionism.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026
Kenneth, who is the great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass, added "We taught the students today that Frederick wasn't much older than they are now when he started his career in abolitionism and activism."
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
It’s the same impulse that supported 19th century abolitionism and reconstruction after the Civil War.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023
The young men, in their free-and-easy way, told him the story of a wayfarer who once came through that region preaching abolitionism to the negroes.
From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Joel Chandler Harris
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