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There are a lot of similarities between that movement and today's animal rights movement (such as it is.but that's another post). Quakers, for example, were the early abolitionists in the US. The drive to emancipate slaves was grounded on religious and moral grounds. Just look at the pro-life movement.

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Majority Rules in the Language of Animal Rights

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Here's a hint from the authors: In the end, it's not the grammarians and usage experts who decide what's right. In the eighteenth century, for example, grammarians tried to stamp out the use of "wrote" as the past tense of "write." The animal rights movement, such as it is, is experiencing somewhat of a crisis of usage.