antebellum
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The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
In Beaufort, an antebellum city founded in 1711, an estimated 3,000 people turned out — a marked increase over earlier “No Kings” rallies, said Barb Nash, one of the coordinators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 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
He was the namesake of the boxer later known as Muhammad Ali, whose ancestors had been enslaved by the white Cassius’s cousin Henry Clay, the antebellum orator and senator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
An antebellum mansion was not as beautiful as, say, a mountain or the sky, but for a house it was pretty darn nice.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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