spec. Chiefly U.S. History. A person who advocates the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of African slaves.
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| 释义 | society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from slavery > abolition of slavery > one who (5) abolitionist1791 spec. Chiefly U.S. History. A person who advocates the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of African slaves. saint1830 A nickname for. One of the party which promoted the agitation in England against slavery. Now Historical. immediatist1835 One who practises or advocates immediate action; spec. in U.S. History, one who advocated the immediate abolition of slavery. free-soiler1848 (a) a person who believes in or advocates the prohibition of slavery; †(b) a person who lives on free soil, a free person (obsolete rare). woolly-head1859 A person with woolly hair, esp. a black person; hence, a nickname for an abolitionist in America. |
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