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slave state
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Map of the United States, c. 1861.
Slave states
in pink, with free states in blue.
Noun
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slave
state
(
plural
slave states
)
(
US
,
historical
)
Prior to the American Civil War, any of the
states
in which the owning of
slaves
was
legal
.
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free state
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