non-slave

An obsolete adjective meaning 'not enslaved' or 'free'; no longer in standard modern use.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo anticuado que significa 'no esclavizado' o 'libre'; ya no se usa en la lengua estándar moderna.

1. Where slavery was prohibited C1 formal

   Describing a region, territory, or state in which the practice of slavery was legally forbidden.

   • The Missouri Compromise established a boundary between slave and non-slave territories.
   • Many settlers moved to non-slave states to oppose the expansion of slavery.
   • The debate over non-slave regions intensified before the Civil War.

   🇪🇸libre de esclavitud

   Sinónimos: free

   Antónimos: slaveslave stateslaveholding