2. Pertaining to territory where slavery was prohibited.
[U.S.] [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: slaveless. [WordNet 1.5] -- {Free"soil`er}, n. [U.S.] -- {Free"-soil`ism}, n. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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