`(Our) peculiar institution` was a euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American South. The meaning of `peculiar` in this expression is `one`s own`, that is, referring to something distinctive to or characteristic of a particular place or people. The proper use of the expression is always as a possessive, e.g., ...
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peculiar institution Black slavery in the southern U.S. before the Civil War.
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