slaveless

Thân thiện

A slaveless state attracted many settlers seeking a new life.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Free from slavery; prohibiting the practice of slavery: Describes a place, state, or condition where slavery is not permitted or does not exist.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The northern states were largely slaveless territories.
  • They sought to establish a slaveless society based on freedom for all.

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Legal Context: The term is primarily used in historical discussions, especially regarding regions in the United States before and during the Civil War that prohibited slavery.
  • The debate centered on whether the new western territories would be slave or slaveless.

Variants and Related Words

• Free-soil (adjective): Having the same meaning as "slaveless"; used to describe a region where slavery was outlawed.
  • The free-soil movement gained significant political power.

Synonyms

• Free: Not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes. (In this specific historical context, it can be synonymous regarding the condition of the land or state.)
• Non-slaveholding: Not possessing or practicing slavery.

Antonyms

• Slaveholding: Involving or practicing slavery.
• Pro-slavery: Supporting the practice of slavery.

Học thuật

Adjective

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• free-soil
• non-slave