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Meanings of slave states and free states in English

Russian
рабовладельческие и свободные штаты сша
Portuguese
estado escravo
Spanish
estados esclavista
Catalan
estats lliures

Division of U.S. states in which slavery was either legal or illegal.

рабовладельческие и свободные штаты сша
Synonyms
Examples for "slave state"
Examples for "slave state"
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In 1812 Louisiana, a slave state, came in to make the eighteenth addition.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
2
The slave state of Missouri was only just across the river.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
3
Yes, 'um, Kentucky was a regular slave state-- agenuineslave state.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
4
The District of Columbia is situated in a slave state.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
5
Thereupon the proslavery men formed a constitution (Lecompton) for a slave state.
A School History of the United States
1
Oxygen occurs in nature in the free state, forming 23 per cent.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Min...
2
The relapse- free state has continued for 24 months after the pulmonary resection.
Pubmed
3
PET studies were performed ON and OFF stimulation in a medication- free state.
Pubmed
4
We might have been a free state to-day, like the United Provinces.
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
5
A woman always prefers a nice sentimental sorrow to a fancy- free state.
Potts's Painless Cure / 1898
Usage of slave states and free states in English
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The system was set up when the United States was founded, as a compromise between slave states and free states.
Reuters