free-soil

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

free-soil
    adj 1: where slavery was prohibited; "a free-soil state" [syn:
           {free-soil}, {slaveless}, {non-slave}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Free-soil \Free"-soil`\, a.
   1. Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of
      slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active
      during the period 1846-1856. [U.S.]
      [WordNet 1.5]

   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]