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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. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Labor: Free and Slave: Workingmen and the Antislavery Movement in the United States. Already active in the antislavery movement and temperance campaigns (which urged abstinence from alcohol), women often enlisted in the fight for voting rights too. With no Mexican state and no Mexican antislavery movement, it is unlikely that slaves would have attached any particular significance to Mexico. |
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