Orange free state: Did you mean...?

The state of nature is an idea which became especially popular with certain philosophers during the Enlightenment, notably Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). It refers to...

Ruins of the Free State Hotel after the 1856 sacking of the Free State City of Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery advocates. State Historical Society of Missouri.

Schools are closed in most countries and everyone has to adapt to a new reality of online learning. It is not easy for students, teachers and parents alike. Learning and teaching from home require...

The 1905 Law of Separation of Church and State was enacted as the climax of decades of conflict between monarchists and anticlerical Republicans who viewed Christianity as a permanent obstacle to the...

A gouache on paper painting titled "Freedom is not Free" by Nicha Sursock. This is the first of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. This work depicts the 19 Stainless Steel statues of soldiers of the...

Bleeding Kansas' was a term coined by the New York Tribune in 1856, referring to the escalating hostilities in the Kansas Territory between pro-slavery activists and anti-slavery 'free staters'...

The Roman theatre of ancient Arausio (modern day Orange in southern France) is one of the best-preserved examples from antiquity. Built in the 1st century CE, it once had capacity for 9,000 spectators and is dominated...

Notes on the State of Virginia (1785) is the only full-length work by Thomas Jefferson (l. 1743-1826) published in his lifetime and was written in response to questions from France regarding the thirteen states that...

Full-length/unabridged audiobook for free, with text. HQ recording. James Mooney was an American ethnographer and folklorist who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is...

The Boer War (aka Second Anglo-Boer War, South Africa War, and Second War of Freedom, 1899-1902) was won by the British but only after it employed controversial policies such as scorched-earth tactics...