Free state

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 abolition and later prohibition contexts)
 * 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