antebellum

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

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

In “The Sewards of New York,” Thomas P. Slaughter, the author of several books on Revolutionary-era and antebellum America, attempts the journey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

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

White leaders—former planters—were clearly fighting to regain their antebellum positions of political and economic privilege.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson