Free States Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Old Line State; MD; Maryland; Free State.
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noun any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War
free state.
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noun a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
Orange Free State; Free State.
WordNet
Definitions
- those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed.