ANTEBELLUM in a Sentence

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In Russia over a third of the bridegrooms and over half the brides are under twenty; the same was true of the antebellum Negroes.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANTEBELLUM
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antebellum
 a.  belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
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1  In Russia over a third of the bridegrooms and over half the brides are under twenty; the same was true of the antebellum Negroes.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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