emancipationist

Noun

Meaning

An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

abolitionist garrison weld crusader chartist resister reformer reformist truth welder meliorist

Hypernyms

crusader reformer reformist meliorist social reformer

Examples

Finkelman (1994), p. 215; Finkelman (2012) Alexander, 2010; Davis, 1999, p. 179 Francis D. Cogliano traces the development of competing emancipationist then revisionist and finally contextualist interpretations from the 1960s to the present. Source: Internet

Finkelman (2012) Contextualists such as Joseph J. Ellis emphasize a change in Jefferson's thinking from emancipationist before 1783, noting a shift toward public passivity and procrastination on policy issues related to slavery. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

emancipation of women Emancipation Proclamation emancipation waist emancipatist emancipative emancipator