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free soil: Meaning and Definition of
free' soil'
Pronunciation: [key]
— U.S. Hist. U.S. Hist.
- a region, esp. a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
free-soil
Pronunciation: (frē'soil'), [key]
— adj. U.S. Hist.
- pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- pertaining to or characteristic of the Free Soil party.
