emancipationist
/ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃənɪst/
noun
- A person who supports or works for the freeing of people from slavery or other restrictions.
- As an emancipationist, she wrote articles arguing for the rights of oppressed workers.
- The emancipationists held rallies across the North to demand an end to slavery.
- Many emancipationists were also involved in the women's suffrage movement.
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