Sentences with phrase «first abolitionist»

As far as «advocacy for slavery» goes, you might want to check out who the first abolitionist were, especially in Britain and what they gave up to see the ending of slavery.

The Quakers, who believed that the divine spark animates every man, were the first abolitionists.

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The first Christian abolitionists were a tiny minority, fighting a difficult battle against Christian slavery supporters who could quote twice as much scripture for their position, and still could.

I read a legend once about when Abe Lincoln first met Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist who also wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852.

This is part of the approach abolitionists and first wave feminists propose as they developed a method of interpreting Scripture that exposed both theological errors and the self - interest of slave - owner.

My first contact with prison abolitionists was at a two - day «Alternatives to Prison» seminar where the leadership was provided by Fay Honey Knopp and Jane Kathryn Vella of the Prison Research Education Action Project (PREAP).

Consequently, in order to provide greater protection for animals, Richard Martin, together with the Reverend Arthur Broome and fellow MP and slave trade abolitionist William Wilberforce, founded the world's first animal welfare charity, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), in a London coffee shop in 1824.

Ulster County's own Sojourner Truth — former slave, abolitionist, preacher and advocate of women's rights — was the first black woman to go to court against a white man and win.

Abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth's bust is the first sculpture to honor an African - American woman in the Capitol but is not a full statue.

The title of First Reformed, Paul Schrader's best film in a very long time, refers to an old abolitionist church in upstate New York, a metaphor for Christianity's neglected values.

The First Reformed of Paul Schrader's new film is a church, a small edifice in upstate New York with a rich history in the abolitionist movement, a landmark of a bygone age of activism and justice.

The star is surrounded by a corking cast, which includes James Spader as a roguish lobbyist doing the president's dirty work in buying votes, David Strathairn as secretary of state William H Seward (one of that team of rivals) and Jared Harris as Ulysses S Grant; Tommy Lee Jones (pictured below) is a typically cantankerous hoot as Thaddeus Stevens, the radical abolitionist who sacrifices his ambitions for equality to Lincoln's more pragmatic recognition that «freedom comes first».

The progressive, abolitionist Republicans, guided by Thaddeus Stevens (a scene - stealing Tommy Lee Jones), see it as the first step toward true equality for an entire race.

The first section of the film is an expositional wonder, as not only are the main characters (including Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn), Republican poobah Preston Blair (Hal Holbrook), radical abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) and various members of the White House - hold, among others) introduced and motivated, but the political issues involved are explained with a detail, clarity and respect for the audience's intelligence that's extremely rare in a Hollywood film.

In the late 18th century, British abolitionists and the Sierra Leone Company founded Freetown as a home for Black Britons * and in 1808 the country became the first British colony in Africa.

Olds» haunting, singular first novel takes the form of a quest to understand the fiery soul of abolitionist John Brown.

In the late 18th century, British abolitionists and the Sierra Leone Company founded Freetown as a home for Black Britons * and in 1808 the country became the first British colony in Africa; by 1821 Freetown was the seat of government for all British colonies in West Africa.

Titled «Still Life with Wedding Portrait,» the painting depicts the abolitionist posing with her first husband John Tubman.

Here the artist presents a portrait of abolitionist Harriet Tubman with her first husband, John, to whom she was married from 1844 to 1851.