ante-bellum
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Life at Glen Lily, the general's 1,000-acre estate near Munfordville, Ky., went on in much the same spacious ante-bellum way.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Sumner, Miss, belongs to the Deeper South�the one without its own memories of ante-bellum order or graciousness.
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
It is thought well, in summary of the decidedly non-industrial character of the ante-bellum South, to set forth some material and some observations of a general character.
From The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South by Mitchell, Broadus
