abolitionize

[ ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, ab·o·li·tion·ized, ab·o·li·tion·iz·ing.

1. (esp. prior to the Civil War) to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abolitionize¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; abolition + -ize

Example Sentences

But they were to abolitionize Kansas, according to this report, and for what purpose?

From Project Gutenberg

By way of justifying the Border Ruffians the report said that when the emigrants from New England were going through Missouri, the violence of their language and behavior excited apprehensions that their object was to "abolitionize Kansas as a means of prosecuting a relentless warfare on the institution of slavery within the limits of Missouri."

From Project Gutenberg

It was said that an organization, chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts, possessing an immense capital, was preparing to abolitionize Kansas by means of military colonies, recruited from the slums of the Eastern cities, and planted in Kansas with all the munitions of war, to be used not only when necessary for their own defence, but for keeping out immigrants from the South.

From Project Gutenberg

The fact of separation on the ground supposed, would abolitionize the whole North.

From Project Gutenberg

The fact of separation on the ground supposed, would abolitionize the whole North.

From Project Gutenberg