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View synonyms for abolitionism
abolitionism
[ ab-uh-lish-uh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- the principle or policy of abolition, especially ending slavery as an institution in the U.S. and emancipating African Americans.
abolitionism
- The belief that slavery should be abolished. In the early nineteenth century, increasing numbers of people in the northern United States held that the nation's slaves should be freed immediately, without compensation to slave owners. John Brown , Frederick W. Douglass , William Lloyd Garrison , Sojourner Truth , and Harriet Tubman were well-known abolitionists.
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Notes
Abolitionism in the United States was an important factor leading to the Civil War .
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abolitionism1
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