Quotes by Abolitionist I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible. Ava DuVernay abolitionist horrible prison One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists. Carter G. Woodson abolitionist citing cases I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker. Frederick Douglass abolitionist speakers slavery I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women. Lucy Stone abolitionist speak Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights. Susan B. Anthony abolitionist learning rights