Definitions
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- noun the
campaign against theabolition of theslave trade
Etymologies
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anti- + abolitionism
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Examples
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Is it understood that anti-abolitionism is a passport to popular favor, and that the action of this District shall present for that favor to the public a gentleman upon this hobby?
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Is it understood that anti-abolitionism is a passport to popular favor, and that the action of this District shall present for that favor to the public a gentleman upon this hobby?
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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