They wanted new states to be free from slavery, so they would not have to compete with slave labor.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

It declared that slaves would be free anywhere that was still in rebellion on January first, eighteen sixty-three.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

President Richard Nixon used to say that the first civil right of every American "is the right to be free from domestic violence."

VOA: special.2009.02.28

He warns that the Arctic Ocean could be free of ice during future Northern Hemisphere summers.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

He says the emergency legislation he proposes must be free of special-interest spending projects.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

But he believed that both California and New Mexico should be free states.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Glenn explained later that at times it helped to be free of gravity.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

And it voted that Oregon should be free territory, with slavery illegal.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Territory north of the line would be free of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Maryland said it wanted to be free from this prohibition.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

"Information wants to be free,"

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Hamas officials say if Israel agrees to free all the prisoners on the list, Gilad Shalit could be freed tomorrow.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The United States wants Burma to release political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and allow next year's elections to be free and fair.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

He says the people here are poor. The middlemen would be free to continue selling to them if it was at a price they could afford.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04