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Meaning of FREE-SOIL

Pronunciation:  free soyl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  where slavery was prohibited; "a free-soil state"
 
 Synonyms: free, slaveless
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Free"-soil`\, a.
Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery;
-- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period
1846-1856. [U.S.] -- {Free"soil`er}, n. [U.S.] --
{Free"-soil`ism}, n. [U.S.]
 

 

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