Before the War, ante is Latin for before, bellum is Latin for war. Often used to describe the period in the United Statesdirectly prior to the Civil War.
A country music trio that tried hard to look non-racist by changing its name to Lady A, but is now suing famous black gospel, blues and soul singer, Anita White, over the name, which she has been using for literal decades.
"What isthe point of Lady Antebellum pulling this name-changing stint when they are still gonna act racist!"
In antecellum America people used maps and writtendirections to find locations. During the antecellum age people mainly communicated by speaking to one another.