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antislavery movement: see slavery slavery, institution based on a relationship of dominance and submission, whereby one person owns another and can exact from that person labor or other services.
..... Click the link for more information. ; abolitionists abolitionists, in U.S. history, particularly in the three decades before the Civil War, members of the movement that agitated for the compulsory emancipation of the slaves.
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No references found			There's a lot going on here: the Wiccans and their celebrations and bonfires; the pro-war/anti war groups; the nasty longtime super-religious neighbors; the history of the families and their connection with the ante bellum antislavery movement. Paretsky, Sara. Bleeding Kansas by Purucker, Mary / Kliatt Adam Hoch-schild's story of how he reconstructed a scene from 1787 for his book about England's antislavery movement Bury the Chains, was fascinating, as was Debra Dickerson's account of how she wrote about her nephew, who was shot and paralyzed for life because a gang member didn't like the way he was waving his hands. Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writer's Guide by Bass, Alison / Harvard Review With Bury the Chains, Adam Hochschild presents the first narrative history of the British antislavery movement in more than a generation. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's ... by Brown, Christopher Leslie / Journal of Social History			antiroll tank antirolling gyroscope antirostrum antirrhinum antis Antisana antisatellite missile antiscorbutic antisecant antisense antisense drug antisense ribonucleic acid antisense strand Antisepsis antiseptic Antiseptics antiserum antisetoff powder antishock agent antisideric antisine antisiphon trap antiskid plate antiskinning agents Antislavery antislavery movement antislip metal antislip paint antismallpox vaccine antismudge ring antisolar point antisound antispam Antispasmodic antistat antistatic antistatic agent antistatic bag antistatic brush antistatic device antistatic liquid antistatic mat antistatic wristband Antisthenes Antisthenes of Athens antistreptolysin antistress mineral antistripping agent antisubmarine Antisubmarine Aviation Antisubmarine Defense			Antiship Euro Missile Antiship Missile Antiship Missile Defense Antiship Missile Defense Instruction/Manual Antiship Surveillance & Targeting Antiship Torpedo Defense Antiship Warfare Communication antishock agent antishock garment antishock pneumatic garment antisialagogue antisialagogue antisialic antisialogog antisialogogue antisideric Antisigma periestigmenon Antisigma periestigmenon Antisigma periestigmenon antisine antisiphon trap antiskate antiskating antiskid antiskid plate antiskinning agents antislavery antislavery antislavery movement antislip metal antislip paint antismallpox vaccine antismog antismoking antismudge ring antisocial antisocial Antisocial behavior Antisocial behavior Antisocial behaviour Antisocial behaviour Antisocial Personality Antisocial Personality antisocial personality (disorder) antisocial personality (disorder) antisocial personality (disorder) antisocial personality (disorder) antisocial personality disorder antisocial personality disorder Antisocial tendencies Antisocial tendencies Antisocialist antisocially antisocially Antisolar Antisolar point Antisoma plc antisound Antispam

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