While the abolitionist movement was fighting a tradition of tyranny against the African-American, the women's movement was fighting a tradition of protection.

废奴主义者是反对针对美国黑人的专制主义传统而战，而妇女运动是为反对(针对妇女的)防范传统而战。

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Through one long night, in front of a fire, he recounts to her the history of the abolitionist movement.

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And while there was a strong abolitionist movement in England, it was the Industrial Revolution, and its mechanization that did away with the need for vast amounts of cheap labor in the colonies, that eventually turned England against the slave trade.

WSJ: Human Transactions | Spirits of the Passage | Frazier History Museum | By Mark Yost