free-soil

Thân thiện

A free-soil state prohibited the practice of slavery within its borders.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Opposed to the expansion or existence of slavery: Describing a person, policy, or region that is against the practice of slavery, particularly in the context of 19th-century United States history.
   • Prohibiting slavery: Specifically describing a U.S. state or territory where slavery was not permitted by law.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The senator was a free-soil advocate, arguing against the spread of slavery into new territories.
  • Kansas was a battleground between free-soil settlers and pro-slavery forces.

Advanced Usage

• Historical Context: The term is primarily used in historical discussion of the United States before the Civil War. It was the name of a political party (the Free Soil Party) and a central political principle.
  • The Free-Soil Party's slogan was "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men."

Variants and Related Words

• Free-Soiler (noun): A person who supported the free-soil movement.
  • The Free-Soilers campaigned to keep the new western territories free from slavery.

Synonyms

• Antislavery: Opposed to slavery.
• Abolitionist (in a related, though often more radical, context): Advocating for the complete abolition of slavery.

Related Phrases

• Free soil, free labor: A common political slogan associated with the movement, emphasizing the economic and moral superiority of a society without slavery.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. where slavery was prohibited
   • a free-soil state

Từ đồng nghĩa

• slaveless
• non-slave