Explore: Abolition Societies

The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was the first American abolition society. It was founded April 14, 1775, in Philadelphia

The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and sometimes referred to

The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries. It frequently occurred sequentially in more than one stage – for example

Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world. It gained momentum

The Massachusetts Abolition Society was an abolitionist organization founded by a group of individuals who disagreed with the progressive, and often radical

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which abolished slavery in the British Empire

In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War

phenomena. In societies where classes have been abolished, it is usually the result of a voluntary decision by the membership to form such a society to abolish

Prison abolition is a movement that, in contrast to prison reform, seeks to abolish prisons as an institution. Instead of viewing the violence, discrimination

The Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions was founded in 1823, with the aim of abolishing slavery