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

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

As the decades after the war went by, that post-bellum victory seemed assured.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2020

At the Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates puts his focus on religious justifications for American bondage, and it’s worth doing the same for its post-bellum successor.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2015

This time the lesson is enlivened by the portrayal of certain typical characters of the post-bellum South.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse