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abolitionism|æbəˈlɪʃənɪz(ə)m| [f. abolition 1 b. + -ism.] The principles or measures of abolitionists; opposition to Negro slavery.
1808Wilberforce Let. to Wm. Smith in Life (1838) III. xxii. 385 With a view to having the Spanish deputies well impregnated with Abolitionism. 1853M. Howitt tr. Bremer's Homes of New World III. 344 Violent abolitionism is more and more giving place to a nobler and calmer spirit. 1860Sat. Rev. No. 255. 340/2 Even in the Free States Abolitionism is not quite safe. |