slave state
noun /ˈsleɪv steɪt/
/ˈsleɪv steɪt/
- (in the US
) any state that had slaves before and during the American Civil War. The term was especially important when new states were established as either free states or slave states, as in the Missouri Compromise. Most slave states were in the South, but several northern states had slaves early in their history.美国 奴隶州:在美国内战之前和期间拥有奴隶的任何州。当新州被确立为自由州或奴隶州时,该术语尤为重要,例如在密苏里妥协案中。大多数奴隶州在南部,但一些北部州在历史的早期就有奴隶。