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Definition of Slaveless
1. Adjective. Where slavery was prohibited. "A free-soil state"
Definition of Slaveless
1. Adjective. Without a slave or slaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaveless
Literary usage of Slaveless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Who is to Blame?: Or, Cursory Review of "American Apology for American by James Grahame (1842)
"In all the slaveless States, the education of the free coloured race is ...
The slaveless States are bound to re-deliver up to bondage all slaves who seek ..."
2. The Methodist Review (1858)
"Yet, to all appearance, the subjection is complete and deepening. The slaveless
white is a superfluity; he is sinking into deeper ignorance, ..."
3. The Southern Mountaineers by Samuel Tyndale Wilson (1914)
"It is a question as to who suffered more from the effects of slavery, the slave
or the slaveless white man. The greatest cause of the populating of the hill ..."
4. The Southern Mountaineers by Samuel Tyndale Wilson (1906)
"slaveless dweller among the hills; while the highlander repaid his scorn with
high disdain and even hate. For this reason, as well as for inherited love of ..."
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