non-slave

• Adjectif désuet signifiant « non asservi » ou « libre » ; n'est plus employé dans la langue standard moderne.

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

1. Where slavery was prohibitedC1formal

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

   non-esclavagiste

   • 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.

   Synonymesfree

   Antonymesslaveslave stateslaveholding