Anti-Slavery Society

An advocacy organization dedicated to the abolition of slavery. The term most commonly refers to the American Anti-Slavery Society, a prominent abolitionist group active in the 19th century United States that worked to end slavery through moral suasion and political campaigning, though it could also refer to the British Anti-Slavery Society established to abolish both the slave trade and slavery throughout the British Empire.

Claims that use this term

• Cromer treated slavery as socially respectable in Egypt and ignored the Anti-Slavery Society
• The 200,000-member Anti-Slavery Society reached barely 3-4% of northern adults.