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 #who therefore engage in all sorts of activities with the aim of doing away with this practice and its legal foundation, and to do so immediately and completely.
-To sum it all up: all abolitionist movements are calling for the immediate end of a legal institution they see as utterly unjust. Where do these higher principles come from? Often, they are derived from religion, but they might also be linked to natural law, international law, and/or principles of philosophy.
+To sum it all up: all abolitionist movements are calling for the immediate end of a legal institution and of a social practice they see as utterly unjust.
-In the history of abolitionism, the most influential ideology was probably that of the protestant church of the Quakers who call themselves the Society of Friends. They played a role in the first abolitionist movement which attacked the legitimacy of the transatlantic slave-trade, but also in the subsequent movement against the "peculiar institution" of slavery as such, and in later movements focusing the discrimination of prostitutes, capital punishment, prisons, and even the criminal justice system as such. In all these cases people who were advocating the immediate and complete elimination of these practices referred to themselves as abolitionists.
-What is justice? What is tolerable? And what should never ever be tolerated by any human society? Here we touch upon [http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Gallie-Essentially-Contested-Concepts.pdf essentially contested concepts] and fundamental conflicts that have been riveting the public of all ages and cultures. By definition, abolitionists turn against an established order by challenging the legitimacy of one of its legal institutions (e.g. slavery) which they, the abolitionists, claim to be utterly unjust and morally completely untenable. This radical reproach does not make them popular with the defenders of the status quo. More often than not they picture abolitionists as irresponsible and dangerous radicals at the lunatic fringes of society. Every now and then, though, history concedes victory to the abolitionist cause - such as in the case of slavery. In those cases, abolitionism gains high respect after victory, and to have overcome an inhumane institution suddenly turns into a source of pride for the whole nation.
 ==Slavery==
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 Brazil followed in 1888.
 Today, there is still hidden de facto slavery in many parts of the world, but not a single country officially admits de jure slavery on its territory.
+In retrospect, the abolitionist Where do these higher principles come from? Often, they are derived from religion, but they might also be linked to natural law, international law, and/or principles of philosophy.
+In the history of abolitionism, the most influential ideology was probably that of the protestant church of the Quakers who call themselves the Society of Friends. They played a role in the first abolitionist movement which attacked the legitimacy of the transatlantic slave-trade, but also in the subsequent movement against the "peculiar institution" of slavery as such, and in later movements focusing the discrimination of prostitutes, capital punishment, prisons, and even the criminal justice system as such. In all these cases people who were advocating the immediate and complete elimination of these practices referred to themselves as abolitionists.
+What is justice? What is tolerable? And what should never ever be tolerated by any human society? Here we touch upon [http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Gallie-Essentially-Contested-Concepts.pdf essentially contested concepts] and fundamental conflicts that have been riveting the public of all ages and cultures. By definition, abolitionists turn against an established order by challenging the legitimacy of one of its legal institutions (e.g. slavery) which they, the abolitionists, claim to be utterly unjust and morally completely untenable. This radical reproach does not make them popular with the defenders of the status quo. More often than not they picture abolitionists as irresponsible and dangerous radicals at the lunatic fringes of society. Every now and then, though, history concedes victory to the abolitionist cause - such as in the case of slavery. In those cases, abolitionism gains high respect after victory, and to have overcome an inhumane institution suddenly turns into a source of pride for the whole nation.
 == Later Aims of Abolitionist Movements ==