ante-bellum
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This is partly because Shaw's ante-bellum England is not in itself a theme, but only a framework for one.
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Their fire-eating ante-bellum debates helped start the hostilities.
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.
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A few weeks ago in Dallas, a white-haired, grandmotherly woman paraded around the hall in an ante-bellum dress of red, white and blue.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dependence of the ante-bellum South upon the North and upon Europe for the most substantial and the most trivial appurtenances of civilization, is perhaps less in dispute than any topic here treated.
From The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South by Broadus Mitchell
