Abolitionism - Wikipedia Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world It gained momentum in the western world in the late 18th and 19th centuries
Movement, U. S. History, Leaders, Definition - Britannica abolitionism, (c 1783–1888), in western Europe and the Americas, the movement chiefly responsible for creating the emotional climate necessary for ending the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery
Abolitionism in the United States - Wikipedia The white abolitionist movement in the North was led by social reformers, especially William Lloyd Garrison, founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and writers such as John Greenleaf Whittier and Harriet Beecher Stowe
13 Most Famous Abolitionists - Have Fun With History Reformers like William Lloyd Garrison (who established the American Anti-Slavery Society) and authors like Wendell Phillips, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Harriet Beecher Stowe spearheaded the white abolitionist movement in the North
United States - Abolitionism, Slavery, Emancipation | Britannica At one end of its spectrum was William Lloyd Garrison, an “immediatist,” who denounced not only slavery but the Constitution of the United States for tolerating the evil His newspaper, The Liberator, lived up to its promise that it would not equivocate in its war against slavery