An extreme anti-slavery man.
1790. Many looked upon the Abolitionists as monsters.—T. Clarkson, ‘Slave Trade,’ ii. 212 (N.E.D.).
1838. [The Administration party includes] old Federalists, the champions of the Hartford convention, counterfeit Democrats, National Republicans, Antimasons, and Abolitionists.—Mr. Yell of Arkansas, House of Representatives, April 16: Congressional Globe, p. 275/1, Appendix.
1840. Mr. Peck: If the gentleman speaks of my language as coming from an Abolitionist, he says what is not true. Mr. Bynum: If the gentleman is not an Abolitionist, there is not one in existence.—House of Representatives, Feb. 4: id., p. 145.
[Mr. Bynum, a fire-eater from North Carolina, afterwards abused Mr. Peck grossly.]
1840. Doctor Franklin was understood to be such an Abolitionist as nearly all the Northern people are, and perhaps a great share of the Southern people.—Mr. Smith of Connecticut, ditto, Feb. 12: id., p. 191.
