Free state facts for kids

Free state, Free State, or the Free State may refer to:

Places

• Free State (province), a province of South Africa (1994–present)
  • Orange Free State, a former Boer Republic (1854–1902)
  • Orange Free State (province), a former province of South Africa (1910–1994)
• Free state (polity), a term used in the official titles of some states, including a list of "free states"
• Free state (United States), a U.S. state in which slavery was illegal before the American Civil War
• Maryland, a U.S. state nicknamed the Free State (in the context of Prohibition)
• Kansas, a U.S state nicknamed the Free State (in the context of slavery)
• Free State of Galveston, a 20th-century whimsical name for Galveston, Texas, U.S.
• Irish Free State (1922–1937), the predecessor of the modern Republic of Ireland

Other uses

• Free State (cricket team), representing Free State, South Africa
• Free State Brewing Company, a microbrewery based in Kansas, U.S.
• Free State Project, an American libertarian political movement
• Freestate Raceway, a former horse racing track in Maryland, U.S.
• Free State Review, an American literary journal
• Lawrence Free State High School, a high school in Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
• University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

See also

In Spanish: Estado Libre para niños

• All pages with titles beginning with Free state
• All pages with titles containing Free state
• Free city (disambiguation)
• Free Stater (disambiguation)
• Freedom State, 2006 film
• Bound state, in quantum physics
• California Free State, 1996 role-playing game supplement for Shadowrun
• In a Free State, a 1971 novel by V.S. Naipaul