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free soil

1

noun

, U.S. History.
  1. a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.


free-soil

2

[ free-soil ]

adjective

, U.S. History.
  1. pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
  2. pertaining to or characteristic of the Free Soil party.
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Other Words From

  • free-soilism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of free soil1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Origin of free soil2

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences

They were therefore under the necessity of traveling six hundred miles before they could tread a free soil.

Slavery will never be contented so long as there is an inch of free soil in the United States!

We have seen to-day that every shade of popular opinion is represented here, with Freedom or rather Free-Soil as the basis.

At nearly the same time a party of seven and another of five were safely landed on the free soil of Canada, making 94 in all.

It is in vain for either England or the United States to shirk the guilty responsibility of introducing slaves on free soil.

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