abolition
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“The abolition of slavery did not come about only because of resistance on the part of the oppressed,” he finds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in the conflict that followed, but the Union’s victory ensured reunification and slavery’s abolition nationwide.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The business model hasn’t been applied since the abolition of Denmark’s Sound Toll in 1857, when international powers in the pocket of mercantile interests paid off the Kingdom to provide free access.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
He pointed to a reduction in the longest NHS waits, the expansion of free childcare and the abolition of peak rail fares as examples of delivery by his government.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
I also find that he has spoken on behalf of the abolition of capital punishment and contributed generously to research institutions engaged in criminal neurophysiology.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Vocabulary lists containing abolition
American History I
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The American Civil War
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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