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antebellum

In US usage, an adjective referring to the period just before the Civil War (1861–65).

The term ‘prewar’ is used when describing the period before any other war.



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for instance, uses the convention of time travel to send its African-American heroine journeying to the antebellum South, where she experiences slavery firsthand.
Summer Reading by Avakian, Tanya / Commonweal
Heneghan explores "whiteness" in American material culture by tracing the connection between the popularity of white-colored goods such as dishes, gravestone art, architecture, women's clothing and corsets and notions of race and racial purity in the antebellum South.
Playing the whiteness card: studies focus on the invention of race ... by Byrne, Dara N. / Black Issues Book Review
It is difficult to imagine that after decades of analysis and voluminous publications on the subject there are still major gaps in our understanding of the antebellum South.
The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861 by Byrne, Frank J. / Journal of Social History
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