Abolitionism

The movement to end slavery and oppose its expansion.

Articles with this tag: 5 Updated: August 23, 2026

Articles with this tag

A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Nonfiction companion by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853) that assembled reports, testimonies and legal cases to support the claims in her novel; its sources and methods have been debat…

Atlantic slave trade: history, scale, and legacy Atlantic slave trade Overview of the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans: origins, trade routes, the Middle Passage, conditions, economic role, abolition, and lasting social and cultural eff…

Battle of Osawatomie (1856): clash in Bleeding Kansas Battle of Osawatomie An 1856 engagement in Osawatomie, Kansas, where John Brown and a small band tried to hold the town against Missouri pro‑slavery attackers during the Bleeding Kansas conflicts.

Death penalty (capital punishment): overview, practice, and debate

Death penalty (capital punishment): overview, practice, and debate Death penalty Capital punishment is the legally authorized execution of a person by a government. This article explains what it is, how it is used worldwide, methods and safeguards, historical t…

Slavery: definition, historical development, forms, and modern status Slavery An overview of slavery: what it is, its historical prevalence, common forms and features, etymology and thinkers, abolition and present-day challenges under international law.