Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Definition of abolitionist Entry 1 of 2. Washington On the spectrum of abhorrent business practices, buying and selling humans, especially children, remains the gold standard. Yet modern abolitionists say it happens all the time.
Definition of abolitionist Entry 2 of 2. Mclaughlin, CNN , 12 Sep. First Known Use of abolitionist Noun , in the meaning defined above Adjective , in the meaning defined above. Learn More About abolitionist. The museum there is open, and we stared for a long time at photographs of the abolitionist with his wild eyes. The righteous outrage of abolitionist s who tried to end slavery in the mids was justified even if they would not have been so outraged in different circumstances — say, where the country had not been on the brink of civil war.
Many southern states passed resolutions requesting the northern states to forbid the publication of abolitionist papers. He began as a thorough, out-and-out abolitionist ; during the war he was a stanch Republican, and a firm admirer of Charles Sumner. His success in Washington was brilliant, but he found trouble, owing to his abolitionist opinions, and had to resign.
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Words nearby abolitionist aboideau , aboil , abolish , abolition , abolitionism , abolitionist , abolitionize , abolla , bolt from the blue, a , abomasum , A-bomb. Laws were made to limit slavery, but the South wanted it to expand and politicians found it increasingly difficult to agree. However, conflict between the North and South increased and in the slave states left the US, marking the start of the Civil War. After the North won the Civil War and brought southern states back into the US, slavery was ended, but conditions did not improve for many slaves.
Some moved to the North, but many of those who stayed in the South continued to work on the plantations where they were paid for their work but didn't get enough money to pay for food and clothes.
The British were also involved in slavery from the 17th century when many slaves were taken from Africa to British colonies in the Caribbean to work on sugar plantations. Many businessmen made a lot of money from the triangular trade between Britain, Africa and the West Indies.
They transported cloth and iron goods to West Africa and exchanged them for slaves who were then taken to the West Indies and exchanged for sugar which was taken back to Bristol and other British ports for sale in Europe. The Quakers were among the first people to campaign against slavery and it was made illegal in Britain in , but campaigns led by William Wilberforce and others then grew for the total abolition of the slave trade.
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