Assertion: vegan | /r/Synonym | grahamites
Facets:
value: after the presbyterian minister
type: OTHER
value: after diet reformer sylvester graham
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Vegetarians and vegans in the 19th century – known as Grahamites after the Presbyterian minister and diet reformer Sylvester Graham, who campaigned against meat-eating on the grounds that it was both unhealthy and morally repugnant – were the subject of frequent vitriolic editorials in the popular and medical press of the day, which described them as “cadaverous”, “feeble