antebellum
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“I think the key measure of success is whether navigation through the Strait of Hormuz returns to the status quo antebellum and at what price,” said Michael Singh, a former U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
If analysts factor an increase of say $10 from the antebellum price of around $70 to just $80 this could lift target prices across the European oil majors by at least 15%.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
Specifically, Jackson asked the court to reckon with the views and work of free Black people in antebellum and post-antebellum America when considering the meaning and power of the 14th Amendment.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2025
Slaveowner statesmen of the antebellum South, like John C. Calhoun and Alexander Stephens, were plainly terrified of the racial apocalypse they feared might come with abolition, let alone any version of legal equality.
From Salon ● May 25, 2025
The antebellum plantation system had never taken root in West Virginia the way it had farther east and south.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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