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has gloss | (noun) any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War slave state |
has gloss | eng: In the United States of America prior to the American Civil War, a slave state was a U.S. state in which slavery of African Americans was legal, whereas a free state was one in which slavery was either prohibited or eliminated over time. Slavery was one of the causes of the American Civil War and was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution in 1865. |
lexicalization | eng: slave state |
subclass of | (noun) one of the 50 states of the United States American state |
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lexicalization | deu: Sklavenstaat |
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lexicalization | fra: État esclavagiste |
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media:img | Slave and Free States before the American Civil War-unbiased.png |
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