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adjective

antebellum adj.

Belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

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Etymology of 'Antebellum'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Antebellum" Quotes from Famous Books

... an unfamiliar, gloomy, mysterious place, is war-time Venice, but in certain respects I liked it better than the commercialized city of antebellum days. Gone are the droves of loud-voiced tourists, gone the impudent boatmen, the importunate beggars, the impertinent guides, gone the glare of lights and the blare of cheap music. No longer do the lantern-strung barges ...

— Italy at War and the Allies in the West • E. Alexander Powell

... Gordon who married George H. Jackson, a descendant of slaves in the Custis family of Arlington, Virginia. Mr. Jackson is now a resident of Chicago and is managing this estate.[63] Having lived through the antebellum and subsequent periods, Mr. Jackson has been made to wonder whether the Negroes of Cincinnati are doing as well to-day as Gordon and his colaborers were. This question requires some attention, but an inquiry as ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916 • Various