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Abolitionists in sentence

13 examples of Abolitionists in a sentence

I mean, these people had nothing, and they were so petrified, they wanted to give up, but the woman in the center rallied for them to persevere, and abolitionists on the ground helped them get a quarry lease of their own, so that now they do the same back-breaking work, but they do it for themselves, and they get paid for it, and they do it in freedom.
The Brookes map, which was an image that helped abolitionists see and be merciful for that condition of the crossing, is something that we want to repeat.
She earned the nickname Black Moses and worked diligently with fellow abolitionists to help enslaved people escape, first to the North, and later to Canada.
When the abolitionists started their movement, they met with no after no after no.
This iconic diagram was taken from a British slaving manual and later used by abolitionists to show the atrocities of slavery.
Botswana’s would-be abolitionists need not look far for inspiration.
That is what many of the early abolitionists thought, too, and it is up to every generation to continue the work they started.
Abolitionists respond with two ethical arguments.
Moreover, abolitionists assail the deterrent effect of the death penalty.
Ah! those Americans, slave-holders or Abolitionists, I have no faith in them!”
“So,” cried James Playfair, who was beginning to get angry, “so, not content with passing through the Federal fleets and forcing the blockade of Charleston, I must run out to sea again from under the cannon of the forts, and this to deliver a gentleman I know nothing of, one of those Abolitionists whom I detest, one of those journalists who shed ink instead of their blood!”
“So,” said he, “you believe in the triumph of the slave-holders?”“I do not for a moment doubt of our final success, and, as regards Charleston, Lee’s army will soon relieve it: besides, what do you expect from the Abolitionists?
The Abolitionists who were here attempted to resist, and, after being defeated, they have been kept as prisoners of war.”“And have you many?”“About a hundred.”