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Abolition
the action or an act of ending a system, practice, or institution.
Abolitionist
A person who wanted to end slavery
abolitionist movement
An international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States.
Catherine the Great (1762-1796)
An "enlightened despot" of Russia whose policies of reform were aborted under pressure of rebellion by serfs
Enlightened Despot
one of the 18th century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects
Mary Wollstonecraft
British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men, even in voting, in her 1792 "Vindication of the Rights of Women."
Parliament
the lawmaking body of British government
Social Reform Movement
Reformers that were inspired by the Second Great Awakening to improve society. Led by middle class women that pursued temperance, abolition, and women's rights.
Women's Rights Movement
an organized effort to improve political, legal and economic status of women in European / American society
Suffrage
the right to vote
William Wilberforce
British statesman and reformer; leader of abolitionist movement in English parliament that led to end of English slave trade in 1807.