pre-Civil War
Example Sentences
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He plumbs the lives of the family of William Henry Seward, one of the most consequential political men of pre-Civil War America, with a searching eye to the texture of their emotional world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
Once upon a time, in places like pre-Civil War Virginia and North Carolina, the law forbade enslaved people from gathering for any reason, even to worship.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025
The charge is a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as seaman’s manslaughter that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
Originally, the deep-sea hunters who started searching for the pre-Civil War steamship in the 1980s had their eye on the same prize usually found in pirate chests.
From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2022
It was even in a book at the library, about Georgia mansions from the pre-Civil War days.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
