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abolition (capitalized) the end of slavery in the United States. [1/2 definitions]
abolitionism a movement in the United States in the 1800s whose goal was to free the people who were slaves and make slavery against the law.
abolitionist a person who supported Abolition, or the ending of slavery, before the Civil War.
bondage the condition of being forced to serve another; slavery.
civil war (cap.)The U.S. war (1861-1865) between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy), which was caused by a conflict over the governing rights of individual states and the practice of slavery. [1/2 definitions]
emancipate to free from slavery or other control.
Republican Party one of the two major political parties in the United States. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as part of a movement against slavery.
underground railroad (often cap.) a secret system established by former slaves and abolitionists before the U.S. Civil War to help fugitive slaves reach places of safety.