abolitionist
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Noun — A person who campaigns to abolish something, historically and most often the slave trade and slavery.
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Etymology
From "abolition," from Latin "abolere" (to destroy or do away with), plus "-ist".
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What is an abolitionist?
Someone campaigning to end a practice or institution. Historically it refers to campaigners against the slave trade and slavery; today it is also used of movements to abolish prisons, the police or capital punishment.
What did abolitionists believe?
That slavery was a moral wrong that had to be ended outright rather than reformed or phased out gradually — a position that divided them from those who favoured gradual emancipation.