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Free State

noun

  1. U.S. History. (before the Civil War) a state in which slavery was prohibited.


Free State

noun

  1. a province of central South Africa; replaced the former province of Orange Free State in 1994: gold and uranium mining. Capital: Bloemfontein. Pop: 2 950 661 (2004 est). Area: 129 480 sq km (49 992 sq miles)
  2. history (before the Civil War) any state prohibiting slavery
  3. short for Irish Free State
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Free State1

First recorded in 1640–50
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She was born in Welkom, in Free State province, to a Malawian father and a Zulu mother.

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University of the Free State sociologist Dr Nombulelo Shange links this hostility to South Africa's history of racism and the apartheid system - which imposed a strict hierarchy that privileged white people.

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They were among the tens of thousands of troops from the UK and the Irish Free State who formed part of the world’s largest sea and air invasion.

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“Welcome to the Free State of Florida!,†the Republican wrote, before making a dig about rising retail theft in the couple’s home state.

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WELKOM, South Africa — Intertribal rioting broke out again at the Free State gold mine during the night, with Xhosa and Basotho miners attacking one another, the police said today.

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