Free State
U.S. History. (before the Civil War) a state in which slavery was prohibited.
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The Free State evolved decades later into an economically troubled but otherwise stable Republic.
His stated goal was to create an all-white “Carolina Free State.”
Hate—and Hitler—in the Heartland: The Arrest of Frazier Glenn Miller | John Avlon, Caitlin Dickson | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis 1971 Booker Prize-winning book, In a Free State, slips in and out of different genres—the novel, autobiography, documentary.
Czapek says: "The well-known methyl pentoses do not occur in the Free State in plant organisms so far as we know."
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeIn their Free State they are extremely wild, and remain constantly in the woods.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
The Free State preponderance among settlers constantly increased.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonNearly all the clearing, plowing, and planting was done by Free State men.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonKansas, according to Greeley's expressive phrase, "was steadily hardening into the bone and sinew of a Free State."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for Free State
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)
US history (before the Civil War) any state prohibiting slavery
short for Irish Free State
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