postslavery

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ slavery.

Adjective

postslavery (not comparable)

1. Since the end of a period of slavery.
   • 1988 January 22, Salim Muwakkil, “Pop: I'm Bad, Therfore I Am”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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.