Abolitionist Definition

abəlizhist
abolitionists
noun
abolitionists
A person in favor of abolishing some law, custom, etc.
Webster's New World
One who favored the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
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A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution. [since the late 18th century]

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(historical, US) A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery. [since the late 18th century]

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adjective
(historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery. [since the late 18th century]
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Other Word Forms of Abolitionist

Noun

Singular:
abolitionist
Plural:
abolitionists

Origin of Abolitionist

  • First attested in 1788. abolition +‎ -ist.

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Abolitionist Sentence Examples

  • In 1865 at the close of the war, he declared that, slavery being abolished, his career as an abolitionist was ended.

  • He also advocated the exclusion of abolitionist literature from the mails.

  • In Congress he was one of the ablest opponents of slavery, contending particularly against the Compromise Measures of 1850,1850, but he was never technically an Abolitionist and he disapproved of the Radicalism of Garrison and his followers.

  • His services as an abolitionist pioneer are recorded in Clarkson's History of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade.

  • A United States arsenal and armoury were established at Harper's Ferry in 1796, the site being chosen because of the good water-power; these were seized on the 16th of October 1859 by John Brown, the abolitionist, and some 21 of his followers.

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