Word: abolitionism
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Those persons who sought to abolish slavery were told that to do so would wrongfully deprive the slave holders of their constitutional right to own property. Furthermore, they were warned that abolition would provoke unprecedented hostility toward the freed slaves and their supporters.
Surely we have learned something from the shameful and bloody opposition to Abolition and racial integration. David L. Evans Senior Admissions officer
Prison life meant bitterly cold winters, the loss of all written contact with relatives and friends, the abolition of privacy in the cramped sleeping quarters, and the constant threat of violence from both jailers and the jailed. This regimen did not break Dostoevsky; it inspired him to see himself and...
The Amherst faculty last week voted 90 to 29 in a secret ballot for the abolition of the fraternities. And earlier in the year, the Alumni Board also voted to eliminate the system.
As a student of Afro-American history I find Mr. Conway's short-sighted patemalism disturbingly reminiscent of that of many Northern whites of the early nineteenth century. Claiming to represent the interests of Black people, these men fought the abolition of slavery because they felt that the resulting freedmen...