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Dictionary definition: Orange Free State
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- A Dictionary of British History
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Orange Free State
Former British colony in South Africa. Founded as a republic by Boers (Afrikaners) fleeing British rule in Cape Colony in the mid‐19th cent., the Orange Free State retained its independent status until 1900 because of the absence of any resources which ...
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