abolitionism
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Abolitionism was a movement to end slavery, which used various tools including photography to document and expose the harsh realities of enslaved people's experiences. By spreading these images and evidence, abolitionists sought to build public support for eliminating slavery entirely.
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- France
- Early abolition in metropolitan France
- ''Code Noir'' and Age of Enlightenment
- First general abolition of slavery (1794)
- Re-establishment of slavery in the colonies (1802)
- Abolition of slavery in Haiti (1804)
- Second abolition (1848)
- Final abolition (1903) and subsequent events
- Great Britain
- Overview
- Development
- British Empire
- Moldavia and Wallachia
- In the Americas
- Latin America
- Canada
- United States
- Civil War and final emancipation
- Cuba and Brazil
- Women and abolitionism
- Notable abolitionists
- Abolitionist publications
- United States
- International
- International abolitionism
- After abolition
- Commemoration
- American abolitionist constitutionalism
- Contemporary abolitionism
- See also
- Organisations and commemorations
- References and notes
- Footnotes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|250px|upright|Photograph of a slave boy in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. 'An Arab master's punishment for a slight offence.' . From at least the 1860s onwards, photography was a powerful weapon in the abolitionist arsenal.
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world. It gained momentum in the western world in the late 18th and 19th centuries.