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☆ free soil

territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
Free-Soil definition

☆ Free·-Soil (frē′so̵il′)

adjective

opposed to the extension of slavery; specif., designating or of a former (1848-54) political party (Free-Soil Party) that opposed the spread of slavery into the Territories

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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