pre-Civil War

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He plumbs the lives of the family of William Henry Seward, one of the most consequential political men of pre-Civil War America, with a searching eye to the texture of their emotional world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

That statement was included in the 14th Amendment specifically to revoke the Supreme Court’s pre-Civil War 1857 Dred Scott v.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2024

“It’s as bad or worse than it’s ever been, with the caveat that we don’t have data from pre-Civil War era.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Originally, the deep-sea hunters who started searching for the pre-Civil War steamship in the 1980s had their eye on the same prize usually found in pirate chests.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2022

If you were born in the 1820s you were too old: your mindset was shaped by the pre-Civil War paradigm.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell