ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: free soil
1. : of, relating to, or advocating the prohibiting of the extension of slavery to the territories of the United States prior to the Civil War
2. usually capitalized F&S : of or belonging to the Free-Soil party which was active during the period 1848-54 in opposing the extension of slavery to the territories of the United States and the admission of slave states into the Union