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单词 peculiar institution
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Definition of peculiar institution in English:

peculiar institution

noun
US historical
  • Used in the 19th century to refer to the system of slavery in the southern states of the US.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Younger generations of southern blacks and whites will have difficulty understanding this peculiar era that followed the peculiar institution of slavery, but they should try.
    • Transgressors of this peculiar institution were dealt to severely.
    • The slaves’ increased resistance to the regime ultimately caused elite women to question the peculiar institution.
    • What pushed Lincoln was the insistence of the Southern States that they be allowed to expand and solidify their peculiar institution.
    • Just ‘a tiny minority of white Americans ever owned slaves,’ and most Americans have no connection to that peculiar institution, he argued.

Definition of peculiar institution in US English:

peculiar institution

noun
US historical
  • Used in the 19th century to refer to the system of slavery in the southern states of the US.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Transgressors of this peculiar institution were dealt to severely.
    • Just ‘a tiny minority of white Americans ever owned slaves,’ and most Americans have no connection to that peculiar institution, he argued.
    • The slaves’ increased resistance to the regime ultimately caused elite women to question the peculiar institution.
    • What pushed Lincoln was the insistence of the Southern States that they be allowed to expand and solidify their peculiar institution.
    • Younger generations of southern blacks and whites will have difficulty understanding this peculiar era that followed the peculiar institution of slavery, but they should try.
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