On this, I'm currently reading the story of Benjamin Lay who lived in Colston's lifetime and was a fierce abolitionist. He sought like minded people but their work was quashed by rich slaveowners. Always on the right side of history, he was exonerated 300 years later. https://t.co/iHuYaJ3mxT

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72. On the other side, the prince Tamadun, the future Beatrice's husband.

Helen can verify that the Princess was right about him: is polite, reasonable, abolitionist... and pretty handsome too.

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"For somehow not only at Christmas but all the long year through, the joy you give to others is the joy that comes back to you." John Greenleaf Whittier, Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery 🎂 born

♡ Feeling the spirit!

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1859
December 02
Abolitionist John Brown is hanged
Militant abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder and insurrection on December 2, 1859. 

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in 1788 it was a man (James Dore) who gave a sermon on the African slave trade: but it was radical publisher and campaigner Martha Gurney who made it a best-selling sensation. A powerful influencer, her London shop was a hub for abolitionists.
https://t.co/8pvoJkUazZ

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Abolition of all right of inheritance. (https://t.co/bdvsYQKynk)

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Still mindblown that Thomas Nast was the 19th century abolitionist political cartoonist who first depicted not only our modern interpretation of Santa Claus but also the Republicans’ elephant in Lincoln-era (before the switch when GOP still stood for blacks, workers and farmers)

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Benjamin Lay ーーーan Anglo-American Quaker humanitarian and abolitionist.
Painting of him by William Williams in 1750.

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Amazons,Abolitionists,and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights (2019)
“A beautifully drawn,hold-no-punches, surprisingly deep dive through the history of women's rights around the world”

Story Mikki Kendall,
Art A. D'Amico
Get it https://t.co/AnCCyM9XYq

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Happy 227th birthday to noted poet, abolitionist editor of the Evening Post and founder of NYMC, William Cullen Bryant (1794 – 1878). He held the office of president of the Board of Trustees for ten years. Bryant's portrait is on display in the lobby of Sunshine Cottage.

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John Brown, the Kansas abolitionist who seized the Arsenal a month earlier, was convicted in 1859 of murder, treason, and conspiring with slaves to rebel. He was hanged a month later, ending what is known as the Tragic Prelude to the

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Prison abolitionists where are you
a everyday until this man is out of prison

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Parit The Starlight Mage🌟 inspired by Parit Chiwarak (aka Penguin) a young Thai political activist, he was recently imprisoned for calling for reform of the monarchy and abolition of the Lèse-majesté law in Thailand 🤐✊💥

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Peine de mort 40 ieme Anniversaire veut relancer le combat pour l’abolition universelle.
Accompagné de Robert Badinter, le chef de l’État a prononcé ce samedi un discours au Panthéon en faveur de l’abolition universelle de la peine capitale
https://t.co/YDBEnEXDbZ

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Two dramatic stories of inventive escapes from slavery... & how Arts & Crafts helped educate (you'll get the pun when you read this)

Remembering the Black abolitionists of slavery in Yorkshire for : https://t.co/G4ZaspcLqA
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Morelos’ progressive concepts envisaged the abolition of all caste distinctions. His motivation was to improve the lives of common people which led him to lead a multi-racial and ethnic movement that deeply impressed popular aspirations on the shape of the early Mexican nation 🇲🇽

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21 September 1792, the National Convention proclaims the abolition of the French monarchy. The French Revolutionary Wars resulted in the election of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. Illustration by Patrice Courcelle in Napoleon’s Carabiniers by Ronald Pawly: https://t.co/0L10QqJIvX

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Amazons,Abolitionists,and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights (2019)
“A beautifully drawn,hold-no-punches, surprisingly deep dive through the history of women's rights around the world”

Story Mikki Kendall, art A. D'Amico
Get it https://t.co/AnCCyM9XYq

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Today we celebrate the International Day for People of African Descent!

We'll be holding online talks about Black abolitionist lecturers in October:
▶️ Directing William Wells Brown on Oct. 12th
▶️ Benjamin Benson on Oct. 14th

🎟️ Booking is essential: https://t.co/X3iWJWsDoZ

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1816 a combined & Fleet under Admiral Edward Pellew & Vice Adm. Theodorus van Capellen, bombarded the African port of Algiers to enforce the abolition of Christian slavery. The ferocious battle was a success freeing 3000 Christian slaves.

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