Slavery is undoubtedly inconsistent with the moral spirit of the gospel, but St. Paul was not an emancipationist in practical life.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Her people, who had already elected the avowed emancipationist, John Letcher, to be their governor, voted by heavy majorities against withdrawal from the Union.
"Recollections of a Varied Life"
George Cary Eggleston
But now Stanton pierces the fog, perceives the unavoidable exigencies, and is an emancipationist, when the Sewards and the Blairs try to compromise, nay, virtually to preserve slavery.
"Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862"
Adam Gurowski