free soil
noun
a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
free-soilism
-
a word derived from
free-soil.
Example Sentences
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It was not many weeks before it became entirely manifest that the cause of slavery had lost immensely by the decision, and the cause of free-soilism had gained in the same degree.
From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by John William Burgess
