All 3 Uses of
abolition
in
Gone with the Wind
- Sometimes I think the Abolitionists have got the right idea.†
Chpt 1.1 *abolitionists = reformers who favored ending slavery
- Rumors of Abolitionist sympathies did not enhance the popularity of the MacIntoshes.†
Chpt 1.3abolitionist = a reformer who favored ending slavery
- He's an Abolitionist, no doubt," observed Gerald to John Wilkes.†
Chpt 1.3
Definition:
the act of formally ending a system, practice, or institution -- most often used to refer to the movement to end slavery when no specific system is named