"Abolition" can be used to describe the formal ruling-out or ending of anything (including the sale of Alcoholic Beverages!), but is generally used in the context of slavery in America in the 1700s-1800s.
A word used to describe a person who acts against slavery, or anti-slavery activities, is "abolitionist."
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Resist
Oppose.
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The Act was known as: The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. This was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire. There were certain exceptions that were eliminated in 1843.
The Fugitive Slave Act
He was trying to keep slavery from spreading.
he was against slavery.
The legal act of ending slavery.
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 with a platform against slavery in the territories but for tariffs a transcontinental railroad and a Homestead Act.
The political party that stood against the spread of slavery was the newly formed Republican party. The party was emerged to combat the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which aimed to extend slavery.
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