abolitionist
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Douglass was separating himself from the abolitionist circle that had launched his career and putting himself in a remarkable middle position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Even the abolitionist Death Penalty Information Center concedes that “there is no way to tell how many of the … people executed since 1976 may … have been innocent.”
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Other than the Bible, it was the bestselling book in 19th-century America, and it brought the abolitionist movement to mainstream awareness as no politician or orator had done before it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
And more recent events, like abolitionist efforts and the many revolts against slavery in the United States.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
The book that I’ve written with my colleague Daphna Renan, Supremacy, goes through the history of the court’s power—as well as what people thought of it—from abolitionists through the Civil Rights Movement to the present.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 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
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
By the 1790s, the English abolitionists were losing popularity, momentum, and hope.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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