ante-bellum
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Both Burnet and Rhett are maternal family names famous in ante-bellum days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Readings by Negro actors of excerpts from the works of ante-bellum Negro writers.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rundown ante-bellum mansion serves as the administration building.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is an evening of dramatic readings thoughtfully culled from the statements of Presidents, the reminiscences of ex-slaves and ante-bellum Southern matrons, the rantings of bigots.
From Time Magazine Archive
As he went along the historic street, where every square held traditions of ante-bellum days, he began to encounter other strollers, college lads in sweaters and caps, and college girls with books.
From The Code of the Mountains by Buck, Charles Neville
