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  • noun Plural form of abolitionist.

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  • The term abolitionists refers to those who were actively against slavery, which movement was mainly in the Britain.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • And he referred to the abolitionists, such as Elijah Lovejoy, the anti-slavery newspaper editor whose printing presses were thrown into the Mississippi River and who was shot for his belief that slavery must end.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • And he referred to the abolitionists, such as Elijah Lovejoy, the anti-slavery newspaper editor whose printing presses were thrown into the Mississippi River and who was shot for his belief that slavery must end.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • And he referred to the abolitionists, such as Elijah Lovejoy, the anti-slavery newspaper editor whose printing presses were thrown into the Mississippi River and who was shot for his belief that slavery must end.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • Of particular concern to the abolitionists was the sexual freedom of slaves.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • In South Carolina, the abolitionists were the prime target of vigilantes in the 1840s.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • In South Carolina, the abolitionists were the prime target of vigilantes in the 1840s.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • In South Carolina, the abolitionists were the prime target of vigilantes in the 1840s.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • They were called abolitionists and they were both black and white.

    Fair Trade? 2004

  • Are we really so much afraid of being falsely called abolitionists and negro-lovers that we can not act and think like _men!

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

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