Abolitionism

**Abolitionism** is a modern social and political reform movement, particularly in Western Europe and the Americas, that is defined by its organized moral, intellectual, and legal campaign to eradicate chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade and to secure the recognition of enslaved people as rights-bearing persons.

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  1. SD
    Seymour Drescher

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    26 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. PE
    Paul E. Lovejoy

    York University, Canada

    18 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. SL
    Stanley L. Engerman

    University of Rochester, United States

    16 publications · 963 citations

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  4. DB
    David Brion Davis

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    15 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. DE
    David Eltis

    Queen's University, Canada

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 279 publications · 20.7K citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 155 publications · 10.2K citations

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  3. The Journal of Southern History

    141 publications · 7.8K citations

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  4. Slavery and Abolition

    226 publications · 8K citations

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  5. Journal of American History

    133 publications · 6.1K citations

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