Sons of Freedom
Britishplural noun
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Most of the Dominion's 17,000 industrious, abstemious "Douks" have accepted pacifist alternatives to national service; only the obstreperous sect-within-a-sect called Sons of Freedom balked.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unrest at Nelson began when one Peter Wolosov, leader of an inner fanatical sect, "The Sons of Freedom," was imprisoned for burning schoolhouses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until 1962, Krestova had been the ramshackle capital of the "Sons of Freedom," a fanatical sect of some 3,000 religious anarchists and a constant headache to the Canadian government.
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They were Doukhobors of the Sons of Freedom sect.
From Time Magazine Archive
He fared worst, save in the way of sociability, when following in the track of those gallant, thoughtless Sons of Freedom, the Garibaldians.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville
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