abolitionist

Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist, came eventually to agree with Lincoln.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

History textbooks often include the story of the Underground Railroad, an organized network of secret routes, places and people that guided enslaved populations from the South to abolitionist Northern states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

He becomes internationally known as a speaker and writer and is one of the most powerful voices of the abolitionist cause.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

The abolitionists also assert that women should be punished not for abortion but for homicide.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

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

Douglass noted the paradox: For abolitionists Lincoln seemed “tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent,” yet by the measure of public sentiment he was obliged to weigh, Lincoln proved “swift, zealous, radical, and determined.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

But even as the abolitionists spoke up for the rights of Africans, Parliament was finally seriously considering giving more English people the right to vote.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson