| 单词 | slave state |
| 释义 | slave state (once / 3243 pages) n WORD FAMILY slave state: slave states USAGE EXAMPLESIt is an anachronism, a deeply undemocratic product of a compromise with slave states that serves no real purpose today. Slate(Dec 19, 2016) The Three-Fifths Compromise, advanced by delegates from slave states, created the Electoral College as a ploy to reduce the impact of the North’s larger populations. Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) Before the Civil War, threats of nullification and secession were not limited to the slave states. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) n any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War Ant|Hyper free state any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War American state one of the 50 states of the United States |
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