post-bellum

British  

/ ˈpəʊstˈbɛləm /

adjective

1. (prenominal) of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War

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Etymology

Origin of post-bellum

C19: Latin post after + bellum war

Example Sentences

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post-bellum

Newly available photographs whose labels include Price’s maternal grandmother, Mary McCoy, and great-grandmother, Margaret Collins, appear to confirm that they would have been perceived as white according to post-bellum racial thought.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

How did Edith Bolling, born and raised in Wytheville, Va., a sleepy town nestled in post-bellum Appalachia, ultimately become one of the most powerful first ladies in American history?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

In post-bellum Barbour County, Cowie writes, “peace only prevailed for freed people when federal troops were in town” — and then only barely.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022

But behind him, daredevil African-American jockey Babe Hurd—black riders were actually fairly common in the post-bellum South—was weaving his mount, Apollo, between tiring horses.

From Slate ● May 2, 2013

The little town had awakened from its long post-bellum slumber and accepted with eagerness the upward impulse given it.

From The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar