abolitionist
English Thesaurus
1. a reformer who favors abolishing slavery (noun.person)
| instance hyponym | : | beecher, henry ward beecher, |
| definition | : | United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | brown, john brown, |
| definition | : | abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | douglass, frederick douglass, |
| definition | : | United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | garrison, william lloyd garrison, |
| definition | : | United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | arthur tappan, tappan, |
| definition | : | United States abolitionist (1786-1865) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | sojourner truth, truth, |
| definition | : | United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | harriet tubman, tubman, |
| definition | : | United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | emancipation, |
| definition | : | freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | abolitionism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | emancipation, |
| definition | : | freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | abolitionism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery (noun.cognition) |
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