Anti-Slavery Vocabulary

noun a movement to end slavery

• Abolitionism was a social and political movement that sought to end slavery.
• My great-great-grandfather was a strong supporter of abolitionism.
• People back then thought abolitionism was crazy, but look how far we've come.
• In modern times, some argue that abolitionism should extend beyond just slavery to other forms of oppression.

noun a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially slavery

• The abolitionists were dedicated to the cause of ending slavery in the United States.
• The abolitionists were the ones fighting to end slavery back in the day.
• Those abolitionists were real trailblazers in the fight against slavery.
• The abolitionists were like beacons of light in the darkness of the slavery era.