abolitionize
[ ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz ]
verb (used with object),ab·o·li·tion·ized, ab·o·li·tion·iz·ing.
(esp. prior to the Civil War) to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.
Origin of abolitionize
1- Also especially British, ab·o·li·tion·ise .
Words Nearby abolitionize
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How to use abolitionize in a sentence
The fact of separation on the ground supposed, would abolitionize the whole North.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus | American Anti-Slavery SocietyIt will abolitionize the Border Slave States—it will brand our institution.
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America | W. E. B. Du BoisBut they were to abolitionize Kansas, according to this report, and for what purpose?
The Life of Lyman Trumbull | Horace WhiteThey had proposed by the ballot box to abolitionize at least that portion of the State.
The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist | Annie Heloise Abel
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