ante-bellum
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Sumner, Miss, belongs to the Deeper South�the one without its own memories of ante-bellum order or graciousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
Their fire-eating ante-bellum debates helped start the hostilities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Generally these stories attempt no keen satire, but only a faithful portrayal of conditions as they are, or, in most cases, as they were in ante-bellum days.
From The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith
