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Abolitionist

Verb / ˌæbʌˈlɪʃʌnʌst / Another word for abolitionist — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

An abolitionist is a person who wants to end slavery.

Synonyms & similar words

emancipationist liberator emancipator reformer revolutionist crusader militant radical protestor dissident agitator advocate campaigner fighter champion protagonist

Example sentences

  1. Frederick Douglass was a famous abolitionist who spoke out against slavery.
  2. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called Uncle Tom's Cabin that helped inspire many people to become abolitionists.
  3. John Brown was a radical abolitionist who believed in using violence to end slavery.
  4. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by abolitionists to help slaves escape to freedom.
  5. Many abolitionists risked their lives to help slaves escape from their masters.

Quotes

  • I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice...I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard. - William Lloyd Garrison, Abolitionist
  • The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. - Frederick Douglass, Abolitionist
  • Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. - Frederick Douglass, Abolitionist

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