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1. ((sometimes l.c.)) Free-Soil
opposing the extension of slavery into U.S. territories before the Civil War.
2. Free-Soil
pertaining to or characteristic of the Free Soil Party.
Etymology: (1840–50, Amer.)
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1. (adj) free-soil, slaveless, non-slave
where slavery was prohibited
"a free-soil state"
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1. (adj) free-soil
pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856
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