abolitionist
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Mr. Popkin shows how the abolitionist cause was buffeted by power struggles in Continental France—sometimes advanced by the currents of ideological debate, sometimes hindered or sidelined—to emerge precariously triumphant in 1794.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Some prosecutors aren’t waiting for the passage of abolitionist laws.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
His mother, who introduced him at age 5 to Walden Pond, was an abolitionist who ran a station on the Underground Railroad, for which he would act as a conductor.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Refusing to fight back, writes Mr. Kurlansky, Garrison “showed how an abolitionist should face a mob.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
After graduation, she became a paid lecturer in the abolitionist movement.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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