Lucy Stone
Abolitionist, Women's Rights Advocate
"I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women."
Abolitionist quotes
Abolitionist
5 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ava DuVernay
Film Director
"I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible."
Frederick Douglass
Social Reformer, Writer
"I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker."
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