"Antebellum" means "before the war". Antebellum houses are those built before the Civil War. Surviving antebellum houses are rare in some places because many houses were burned during the war. There were few homes built in the south during 1861-65 because most house builders were serving in the army. After the war few people had money to build a large fine home for several generations, so, antebellum houses which survive are special.
It was the era before the Civil War.
It just means 'before the war' a descriptive term for objects and institutions, especially houses, that originated three of four decades before the Civil War (1861 - 1865).
the period before a war. specifically the civil war in the south
The term Antebellum South refers to the period before the start of the Civil War. The South had an agrarian economy that relied heavily on slave labor.
because in the u.s it usually means the pre-civil war
one that was built before the civil war
Built before the American Civil War
Since the war, historians have called this period Antebellum
Antebellum means before the war, especially the American Civil War. I love the dresses from the antebellum era.
the definition antebellum means pre civil war south or the southern government just before the civil war
Antebellum is a word that refers to the period before the Civil War. An example of this term in a complex sentence might be, " Miss Sally fondly remembered antebellum times, before Atlanta had burned, and before most of the men in her town had died in the war."
Antebellum
It was the era before the Civil War.
Defines a period before the Civil War. A time when slavery was in vogue.
Antebellum means the period before a specific war, especially the American Civil War. The antebellum era was a time I'd like to visit.
An antebellum mansion is an American pre civil war mansion.
One of the ways antebellum can be used in a sentence is the following: Antebellum refers to the American South prior the Civil War where slavery and plantation operations existed.