abolitionist
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The bill became the second abolitionist proposal to pass through a committee this spring before time ran out to pass it this session.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 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
Some prosecutors aren’t waiting for the passage of abolitionist laws.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Stanton enjoyed what appears to have been a happy marriage to Henry, an abolitionist attorney and journalist who was 10 years her senior.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Less than two weeks after the gathering—on August 2, 1848—a second women’s rights convention, organized by Amy Post, a prominent Quaker abolitionist, took place at the Unitarian church in Rochester, New York.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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