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Slave state Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Slave state has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Prior to the American Civil War, any of the states in which the owning of slaves was legal.

See Also
state slave legal
Related Terms
Antonyms
free state
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
American state
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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