Abolition — Social Studies definition
Ending slavery; historical campaigns differed over means and related rights.
Where it is taught
- Slavery, Cotton, Abolition & Antebellum Reform — Expansion, Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century, Grade 11
In use
Antebellum reform included temperance, educational efforts, religious movements, abolition, and women’s rights campaigns.
Slavery, Cotton, Abolition & Antebellum Reform