abolitionist
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The opportunity came to him in recognition of the elder Shaws’ abolitionist credentials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The exhibit explained that, prior to becoming an abolitionist, he had enslaved people in his household.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
The local postmaster, a Jacksonian Democrat named Alfred Huger, was unnerved by what he considered inflammatory content and sequestered the abolitionist material, rather than comply with his legal obligation to deliver the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist, came eventually to agree with Lincoln.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
He had never been active in abolitionist circles up north but observing the monstrous system firsthand gave him thoughts he did not recognize.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
The Fugitive Slave Law created a crisis for abolitionists such as the Quakers, challenging their conviction that the struggle against slavery must be nonviolent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Known as prison abolitionists, these groups want to see as many prisons close as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
Clay tried to conceal his ownership of slaves, at least from Northern audiences, but was called out for hypocrisy by abolitionists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Self-proclaimed abolitionists pressed this point when they mobilized in the 2010s.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2025
The fury of the abolitionists and the Copperheads was now taken over by the deserters.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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