ante-bellum
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Louisiana's Greek Revival Belle Grove, one of the most beautiful of ante-bellum plantation mansions, was burned to the ground by vandals as it stood abandoned.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Sumner, Miss, belongs to the Deeper South�the one without its own memories of ante-bellum order or graciousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both Burnet and Rhett are maternal family names famous in ante-bellum days.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was born in slavery, but most of his knowledge of the evils, as well as the joys of ante-bellum days, is by hearsay only.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
