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slave state

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  1. slave statenoun

    any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War

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  1. slave state

    A slave state is a historical term used to describe any state, region, or nation where slavery has been or is legally established and thus recognized as a legal institution. In the context of United States history, it refers to any of the southern states that permitted the institution of slavery prior to the Civil War. These states were contrasted with the "free states," where slavery was either abolished or never legally permitted.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slave state in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slave state in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of slave state in a Sentence

  1. Robert Seeley:

    Delaware was a slave state, the jury was all pro-slavery and Samuel Burris was put on the auction block. He was examined like you do with animals. He was stripped down, his teeth were examined.

  2. Henry David Thoreau:

    Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison . . . the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide with honor.

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