Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Before the war: often used (joined by a hyphen) attributively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of the
time periodprior to awar . - adjective In the United States of America, of the period prior to the
American Civil War , especially in reference to theculture of the southern states.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pelecanos has written 16 crime novels that span the last few decades of the city's life, while Jones, while he's best known for his single novel, The Known World, set in antebellum Virginia, is beloved by residents of the District for his two brilliant short story collections, Lost in the City and All Aunt Hagar's Children.
Books of the States 2009
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My argument here draws on Timothy R. Mahoney's observations on the function of camaraderie among business rivals in antebellum Midwestern cities.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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The paradox generated by the values circulating around sincere behavior and the learning of authenticity in antebellum American culture provides insight into the
Acting 'Natural': Vanity Fair and the UnMasking of Anglo-American Sentiment 2006
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Such an interpretive clarification is critical because the idea of the self-made man in antebellum America has a long, entrenched historiography and, in its latest incarnation, couples masculinity studies with a discussion of the development of national markets and the removal of men from the household as part of the rise of separate spheres. 96
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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Bolden also mentions that when it comes to children's books about freeborn blacks in antebellum America, you might as well ask for the moon and stars.
Review of the day: Maritcha fusenumber8 2006
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The following passage underscores my point that it is impossible, or at least irresponsible, to comprehend female literary consumption in antebellum America without including British reprints in the discussion.
Acting 'Natural': Vanity Fair and the UnMasking of Anglo-American Sentiment 2006
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Unlike other human beings put on display in antebellum America, the “Chinese Lady,” as she was called, was not brought to the United States by a Barnumesque showman.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County.
The Known World: Summary and book reviews of The Known World by Edward Jones. 2003
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In 1853, Bayard Taylor, the most celebrated travel writer in antebellum America (and the subject of chapter 8), was able to visit several of China’s largest coastal cities because, after the Opium War, the Treaty of Nanjing (1842) made such excursions possible by opening up additional ports to foreign intercourse.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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Further, by the definition asserted in this article, one could equally call the antebellum south “multicultural.”
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