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ab·o·li·tion·ist
 abolitionist
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- pronunciation:
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An abolitionist is a person who supported the ending of slavery in the United States before and during the Civil War. Abolitionists fought hard in various ways to help the slaves become free and to make slavery against the law. The end of slavery finally came in 1865 near the end of the Civil War.
Many people who supported rights for women were also abolitionists. |
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