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slave states

slave states is the plural of slave state.

Meaning of slave state

Noun

slave state (plural slave states)

  1. (US, historical) Prior to the American Civil War, any of the states in which the owning of slaves was legal.

Questions about slave states

What is slave states the plural of?
Slave states is the plural of slave state.

Words near slave states in the dictionary

  1. slave owners
  2. Slave River
  3. slave ship
  4. slave ships
  5. slave state
  6. slave states
  7. slave to fashion
  8. slave to the wage
  9. slave trade
  10. slave trader
  11. slave traders

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