Noun
the peculiar institution
(euphemistic or derogatory) slavery
They act as ‘most anybody would, raised in Delaware, in the shadow of the whipping-post and the pillory. We must remember that Delaware was a slave State; that the Bible became extremely dear to the people because it upheld that peculiar institution. Robert G. Ingersoll
The remnants of the peculiar institution of slavery, which exist today in the form of institutional racism, may be withering away slowly. Source: Internet
The Fifth Amendment's Just Compensation clause provided the proslavery camp with a bastion for fortifying the peculiar institution against congressional restrictions to its spread westward. Source: Internet
The peculiar institution reached many private aspects of human life, for both whites and blacks. Source: Internet
Instead, she fully embraced the barbaric practice and became devoted to the “peculiar institution.” Source: Internet