List of abolitionists

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This is a listing of notable opponents of slavery, often called abolitionists.

• African Methodist Episcopal Church (American)
• American Anti-Slavery Society (American)
• American Missionary Association (American)
• Anti-Slavery Society (British)
• Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves, founded 1825 (British)
• Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (American)
• Boston Vigilance Committee (American)
• British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, founded 1839, continues as Anti-Slavery International
• Clapham Sect (British)
• Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade (British)
• Dames-Comité ter Bevordering van de Evangelieverkondiging en de Afschaffing der Slavernij, founded 1856 (Dutch)
• Free Soil Party (American)
• Free-Staters (Kansas) (American)
• Jayhawkers (American)
• International Justice Mission (American)
• Liberty Party (United States, 1840)
• Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (American)
• Massachusetts General Colored Association (American)
• Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter Bevordering van de Afschaffing der Slavernij, founded 1842 (Dutch)
• New York Manumission Society (American)
• New England Anti-Slavery Society (American)
• New England Freedom Association (American)
• Oneida Institute (American)
• Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society (American)
• Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
• Sociedad Abolicionista Española, founded 1864 (Spanish)
• Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1787–1807? (British, aka Abolition Society)
• Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions, 1823–1838 (British, aka Anti-Slavery Society)
• Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (American)
• Society of the Friends of the Blacks (Société des Amis des Noirs) (French)
• Testonites (British)

• 8th Day Center for Justice, a Roman Catholic non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois
• A Better World, organization that is based in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada^[1]
• A21 Campaign, 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to fight human trafficking
• ABC Nepal, non-profit non- governmental organisation working in Nepal on trafficking of girls and minors across Indian subcontinent and Arabian countries, founded by Durga Ghimire.^[2]
• Agape International Missions, nonprofit organization in Cambodia^[3]
• Anti-Slavery International, works at local, national and international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world
• Arizona League to End Regional Trafficking, coalition representing partnerships with law enforcement, faith-based communities, non-profit organizations, social service agencies, attorneys and concerned citizens.
• Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART), non-governmental organization fighting against human trafficking in Kenya.^[4]
• California Against Slavery, human rights organization directed at strengthening California state laws to protect victims of sex trafficking
• Chab Dai, coalition founded by Helen Sworn^[5] that connects Christian organizations committed to ending sexual abuse and trafficking.^[6][7]
• Children's Organization of Southeast Asia (COSA), International Organization which works towards the prevention of child human trafficking and sexual exploitation within the Northern regions of Thailand, especially among hill-tribe communities.^[8]
• Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, international non-governmental organization opposing human trafficking, prostitution, and other forms of commercial sex
• Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, Los Angeles-based anti-human trafficking organization
• ECPAT, international non-governmental organisation and network headquartered in Thailand which is designed to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children
• Face to Face Bulgaria, organization whose primary mission is to prevent cases of forced prostitution and human trafficking in Bulgaria^[9][10]
• Free the Slaves, dedicated to ending Slavery Worldwide
• Freeset, organization whose primary mission is to provide sustainable employment and economic empowerment to victims of sex trafficking in South Asia.^[11]
• Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, network of more than 100 non-governmental organisations from all regions of the world, who share a deep concern for the women, children and men whose human rights have been violated by the criminal practice of trafficking in persons
• Global Centurion, is non-profit organization that fights trafficking by focusing on demand^[12]
• Hope for Justice, identifies and rescues victims, advocates on their behalf, provides restorative care which rebuilds lives and trains frontline professionals to tackle slavery.^[13]
• Ing Makababaying Aksyon (Filipino)
• International Justice Mission, an anti-trafficking organization.
• La Strada International Association, international NGO network addressing trafficking in human beings in Europe
• Love 146, vision: abolition of child trafficking and slavery, nothing less.
• Maiti Nepal, non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking
• NASHI, a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada-based organisation that opposes human trafficking by raising awareness through education^[14]
• Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons, government agency responsible for coordinating efforts to address human trafficking in British Columbia, Canada^[15]
• Polaris Project, nonprofit, non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent modern day slavery and human trafficking
• Prerana, non-governmental organization (NGO) that works in the red-light districts of Mumbai, India, to protect children vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking. The organization runs three night care centers for children at risk, as well as shelter homes and a residential training center for girls rescued from the trafficking trade.^[16]
• Ratanak International, organisation that rescues children from sexual slavery and then provides them with education,^[17] rehabilitation, and safety^[18]
• Reaching Out Romania, non-governmental^[19] charitable organization^[20] in Romania that helps girls ages 13 to 22 exit the sex industry^[21]
• Redlight Children Campaign, non-profit organization created by New York lawyer and president of Priority Films Guy Jacobson and Israeli actress Adi Ezroni in 2002 to combat worldwide child sexual exploitation and human trafficking
• Run for Courage, nonprofit organization that combats human trafficking^[22]
• Somaly Mam Foundation (Cambodian)
• Slavery Footprint, nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that works to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery.^[23]
• Stop Child Trafficking Now, organization founded by Lynette Lewis, an author and public speaker^[24]
• Stop the Traffik, campaign coalition which aims to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide^[25]
• The RINJ Foundation, Canadian-based women's group which adduces that vigorously prosecuting buyers of slaves is the way ahead to end sexual slavery^[26][27]
• Truckers Against Trafficking, nonprofit organization that trains truck drivers to recognize and report instances of human trafficking^[28]
• Voice of the Free (Filipino)

• David Batstone founder of the non-profit organization Not for Sale (American)
• Don Brewster founder of Agape International Missions (American)
• Florrie R. Burke (American)
• Vednita Carter founder of Breaking Free (American)
• Katherine Chon co-founder of Polaris Project (American)
• Derek Ellerman co-founder of Polaris Project (American)
• Durga Ghimire (Nepali)
• Maria Grazia Giammarinaro (Italian)
• Glendene Grant mother of slave, founder of Mothers Against Trafficking in Humans (Canadian)
• Nick Grono Freedom Fund and Walk Free Foundation (Australian)
• Siddharth Kara author of Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery (2009) and Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia (American)
• Rachel Lloyd (British)
• Rose Livingston former slave who worked to free slaves in New York City (American)
• Iana Matei founder of Reaching Out Romania (Romanian)
• Somaly Mam founder of Somaly Mam Foundation (Cambodian)
• Bukola Oriola former slave, author of Imprisoned: The Travails of a Trafficked Victim (Nigerian)
• Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon (British)
• Elizabeth Smart former slave, founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation (American)
• Linda Smith (American politician) founder of Shared Hope International (American)
• Helen Sworn (English)
• Sheila White former slave (American)
• Ansar Burney (Pakistani activist)

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  John Brown, an abolitionist who advocated armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery. He organized the Pottawatomie massacre (1856) and was later executed for leading an unsuccessful 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
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  Harriet Jacobs, a former slave turned abolitionist who wrote the influential Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861).
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  Rose Livingston, a former slave known as the Angel of Chinatown, worked to free slaves in New York City.
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  The future Viscountess Simon, knighted in 1933 for her efforts to combat remnants of chattel slavery in the British Empire.
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  William Wilberforce, a leading English abolitionist, led Parliamentary campaign to abolish the slave trade. Campaigned for the end of slavery in British Empire, dying three days after hearing the passage of the Act through Parliament assured.

• List of abolitionist forerunners
• List of African-American abolitionists
• Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
• Abolitionism in the United States
• African American founding fathers of the United States
• History of slavery in the United States
• Radical Republicans
• Timeline of the civil rights movement
• Underground Railroad

• Frost, Karolyn Smardz; Osei, Kwasi (Cover design); South, Sunny (Cover art) (2007). I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-16481-2. ISBN 978-0-374-53125-6. Winner, 2007 Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction; Nominee (Nonfiction), National Books Critics Circle Award 2007. See, Governor General's Award for English language non-fiction.