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peculiar institution

 
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–noun
black slavery in the southern U.S. before the Civil War.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism
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Main Entry:  peculiar institution
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a term for black slavery in southern US prior to the Civil War
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