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abolitionists — ab·o li·tion·ist || ‚æbÉ™ lɪʃənɪst n. one who sought to outlaw slavery (during the 18th and 19th centuries); one who seeks to abolish any law or regulation … English contemporary dictionary
List of African American abolitionists — * Peter H. Clark * Samuel Cornish * William Craft *Martin Delany (1812 ndash;1885) [ [http://wwwa.britannica.com/eb/article 9029795] African American abolitionist, physician, and editor in the pre Civil War period ] *Frederick Douglass (1818… … Wikipedia
Abolitionism — For other uses, see Abolitionism (disambiguation). Anti slavery redirects here. For the British NGO working for the eradication of slavery, see Anti Slavery International. Am I Not A Man And A Brother? Medallion as part of the anti slavery… … Wikipedia
Origins of the American Civil War — For events following South Carolina s declaration of secession from the Union, see Battle of Fort Sumter and American Civil War. The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first stage in a conflict that had been brewing for decades. The main explanation… … Wikipedia
Neoabolitionism — Neoabolitionist (or neo abolitionist or new abolitionism) is a term used by some historians to refer to the heightened activity of the civil rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Later the term began to be used among historians for… … Wikipedia
Neoabolitionist — (or neo abolitionist or new abolitionism) is a term used by some historians to refer to the rebirth of the civil rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Later the term began to be used among historians for those who led a re evaluation … Wikipedia
John Brown (abolitionist) — John Brown Daguerreotype of Brown, ca.1856. Born May 9, 1800(1800 05 09) Torrington, Connecticut Died … Wikipedia
History of women's suffrage in the United States — BeginningsLydia Chapin (Taft) (February 2, 1712 – November 9, 1778) was a forerunner of women s suffrage in Colonial America. She was the first legal woman voter in colonial America. She was granted this right by the town meeting of Uxbridge,… … Wikipedia
Johns Hopkins — (May 19, 1795, Anne Arundel County, Maryland ndash; December 24, 1873, Baltimore) was a wealthy entrepreneur, philanthropist, and abolitionist of 19th century Baltimore, now most noted for his philanthropic creation of the institutions that bear… … Wikipedia
Slavery abolition efforts by Les Amis des Noirs — The Slavery abolition efforts by Les Amis des Noirs took place against the background of the French Revolution with the argument that liberté, égalité, fraternité precluded slavery.BackgroundA common perception of the French Revolution of 1789 is … Wikipedia
