slave state

slave state

n. Slave State

1. Any of the 15 states of the Union in which slavery was legal before the Civil War, including Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

2. A nation under totalitarian rule.

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Slave State

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(Historical Terms) US history any of the 15 Southern states in which slavery was legal until the Civil War

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Noun

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slave state - any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War American state - one of the 50 states of the United States Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 free state - any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War