abolitionist
[ab-uh-lish-uh-nist]
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Origin of abolitionist
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for abolitionists
Contemporary Examples
Until Haiti, abolitionists focused on either gradual emancipation, or simply ending the slave trade, not slavery itself.
For abolitionists, it is about the possibility that even people who do something horrible can change.
If California dumps the death penalty this November, abolitionists will probably dance in the streets.
But the consequence of ignoring him is that abolitionists seem indifferent to his pain.
The position of Christian abolitionists was the exact opposite.
Historical Examples
The abolitionists of the North have been grossly misrepresented.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
For He put it into the hearts of abolitionists to make the arrest.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
Every little while, I could hear something about the abolitionists.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass
Abolitionists were sharply divided in this presidential campaign.
Susan B. AnthonyAlma Lutz
I will not cite the declarations of abolitionists; for these you might pronounce exaggerations.
My Bondage and My FreedomFrederick Douglass
Word Origin and History for abolitionists
abolitionist
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper