Free-Stater
Anti-slavery state resident
A Free-Stater is someone associated with a free state—a political entity defined by particular freedoms.
In Irish history, Free-Staters supported the 1922 Anglo-Irish Treaty that created the Irish Free State, as opposed to republicans who rejected partition.
In American history, Free-Staters opposed the extension of slavery into new territories, particularly in "Bleeding Kansas" during the 1850s.
The term sometimes appears in libertarian contexts for those who relocate to participate in political movements like New Hampshire's Free State Project.
Dutch-descended South African
- AfrikanerDutch-heritage South African
- TransvaalHistoric South African province
- republicState with elected leaders
- Boer WarAnglo-Dutch colonial conflict
independence · sovereignty · British Empire · Afrikaans · settler · commandos · constitution · self-governance
Opponent of human bondage
- JayhawkerKansas university affiliate
- LawrenceKansas university city
- territorial conflictDispute over geographic boundaries
- John BrownRadical antislavery insurrectionist
settler · Missouri Compromise · proslavery · antislavery · Kansas-Nebraska Act · popular sovereignty · emigrant · squatter
Opponent of human bondage
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- manumissionFormal freeing of enslaved
Frederick Douglass · Harriet Tubman · Thirteenth Amendment · Sojourner Truth · fugitive · Amistad · reformers · antebellum
Anti-statist political adherent
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- voluntarismWill-based action philosophy
non-interventionism · capitalism · privatization · self-ownership · New Hampshire · anarcho-capitalism · objectivism · limited government
Boer
Dutch-descended South African
- AfrikanerDutch-heritage South African
- TransvaalHistoric South African province
- republicState with elected leaders
Boer War · independence · sovereignty · British Empire · Afrikaans · settler · commandos · constitution · self-governance · Pretoria
abolitionist
Opponent of human bondage
- JayhawkerKansas university affiliate
- LawrenceKansas university city
- territorial conflictDispute over geographic boundaries
John Brown · settler · Missouri Compromise · proslavery · antislavery · Kansas-Nebraska Act · popular sovereignty · emigrant · squatter
abolitionist
Opponent of human bondage
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
Frederick Douglass · Harriet Tubman · manumission · Thirteenth Amendment · Sojourner Truth · fugitive · Amistad · reformers · antebellum · resistance
libertarian
Anti-statist political adherent
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
voluntarism · non-interventionism · capitalism · privatization · self-ownership · New Hampshire · anarcho-capitalism · objectivism · limited government · rights
Free-Statersecessionist
One seeking independence
slaveholder · Confederate · disunionist · fire-eater · doughface
Free-Staterimperialist
Advocate for territorial expansion
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