The time period before the american civil war is called:
durante vita
emancipation
antebellum

The time period before the American Civil War is called the "antebellum" period, since in this case "ante" means "before" and "bellum" means "war". 

Sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532. i found this information on wikipedia