slave_state (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *slave state*:
NOUN	location	slave state	any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War

Englishslave state: 1 sense noun 1, location
Meaning	Any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War.
Part of	Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland	The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Broader	American state	One of the 50 states of the United States
Opposite	free state	Any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War
Spanish	estado esclavista

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