单词 | confederate states |
释义 | > as lemmasConfederate States (of America) a. In Confederate States (of America), abbreviated C.S.A.: the name assumed by the eleven southern states which seceded from the American Union in 1860–61, and formed a confederacy of their own, which was finally overthrown in 1865, after which they were reunited to the United States. ΚΠ 1861 9 Feb. Const. Confed. States Amer. In all such [new] territory the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the Confederate States, shall be recognized. 1861 Illustr. London News 9 Mar. 209/1 Mr. Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, entitled the Confederate States of America, was formally inaugurated at Montgomery..on the 18th ult. < as lemmas |
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