abolitionize
[ ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz ]
/ ˌæb əˈlɪʃ əˌnaɪz /
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.
Words nearby abolitionize
aboil, abolish, abolition, abolitionism, abolitionist, abolitionize, abolla, abomasum, abomasus, abomey, abominable
Also especially British, ab·o·li·tion·ise.
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Examples from the Web for abolitionize
It will abolitionize the Border Slave States—it will brand our institution.
But 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