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Slave State — Slave′ State n. amh. any of the 15 Southern states that permitted slavery before the Civil War • Etymology: 1800–10, amer … From formal English to slang
slave state — n. any of the states in which slavery was legal before the Civil War: Ala., Ark., Del., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va … English World dictionary
slave state — noun any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War • Ant: ↑free state • Hypernyms: ↑American state • Part Holonyms: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑Confederate States of America, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Slave state — A slave state was a U.S. state in which slavery of African Americans was legal. Slavery was one of the causes of the American Civil War and was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution in 1865.tatesThe 15 slave… … Wikipedia
slave state — noun Date: 1809 1. a state of the United States in which slavery was legal until the Civil War 2. a nation subjected to totalitarian rule … New Collegiate Dictionary
slave state — noun historical any of the Southern states of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War … English new terms dictionary
slave state — /ˈsleɪv steɪt/ (say slayv stayt) noun any of the states of the southern US in which domestic slavery was practised and advocated up to the Civil War …
Slave Trade Compromise and Fugitive Slave Clause — The Framers debated over the extent to which slavery would be included, permitted, or prohibited in the United States Constitution. In the end, they created a document of compromise that represented the interests of the nation as they knew it and … Wikipedia
slave — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ escaped, fugitive, runaway ▪ emancipated, freed ▪ former ▪ the son of former slaves … Collocations dictionary
state — I n. government 1) to establish, found, set up a state 2) to govern, rule a state 3) a buffer; client; garrison; independent; police; puppet; secular; sovereign; welfare state 4) a member state (the member states of the UN) condition 5) a… … Combinatory dictionary
