antebellum

adjective

an·te·bel·lum ˌan-ti-ˈbe-ləm

: existing before a war

especially : existing before the American Civil War

antebellum houses

the antebellum South

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Still sweating like an extra in an antebellum film. —

Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024 Set in Virginia during the antebellum era, the milieu — politics, moods, manners — is starkly and intensely realized. —

New York Times, 8 July 2024 In the antebellum South, the slaves who bent over rows of cotton shouted their songs responsively, because that was the only way to launch the comfort of human contact across an open field. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024 In the antebellum United States, Northerners, and especially northern abolitionists, drew a contrast between (northern) nationalism and (southern) sectionalism. —

Jill Lepore, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2019 See all Example Sentences for antebellum