ab·o·li·tion·ism
noun/ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪzəm/
/ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪzəm/
[uncountable]- the American campaign in the 1800s to end the system of slavery in the southern states. Its members were called abolitionists, and many hid enslaved people who were escaping on the Underground Railroad. Famous abolitionists included the poet John Greenleaf Whittier and the author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
1800 年代美国为结束南部各州奴隶制而发起的运动。它的成员被称为废奴主义者，许多人藏匿了通过地下铁路逃亡的奴隶。著名的废奴主义者包括诗人约翰·格林利夫·惠蒂尔和作家哈丽特·比彻·斯托。