释义 |
abolitionistab‧o‧li‧tion‧ist /ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst/ noun [countable] - According to Benton, Whigs and the abolitionists who wanted Florida to remain a haven for runaways were in agreement.
- But since you mentioned it, what I would really like to be is an abolitionist.
- But the political price was always judged too high by ministers, despite the logic of the abolitionist cause.
- Enough to answer one more preacher, one more abolitionist and a town full of disgust.
- For many abolitionists emancipation was celebrated by raising Buxton to the pantheon of heroes.
- The abolitionist stand does provide a warning beacon against which penal policies, such as prison building programmes, might be assessed.
- The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.
someone who wants to end a system or law |