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postslavery en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English slavery English postslavery From post- + slavery.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Since the end of a period of slavery.
    • Perhaps it's no coincidence that, just as there's a rap gap, the gap between the black middle class and the one-third of the black community classified as poor is larger now than ever before in African-Americans' postslavery history. 1988 January 22, Salim Muwakkil, “Pop: I'm Bad, Therfore I Am”, in Chicago Reader: