NOUN | location | slave state | any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War |
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Meaning | Any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War. | |
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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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