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

VOA: special.2009.04.30

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

They can also download over half a million books available free from Google.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Maryland said it wanted to be free from this prohibition.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

"Well,regrettably, people are not freed or free from fear because we are dealing with a non-democratic system,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"But what we showed here is that we can make progress when we are willing to break free from some of the stale debates and old ideologies that have dominated and distorted the debate in this hemisphere for far too long,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

He sentenced Brown to be hanged. One of Brown's supporters attempted to find a way to free Brown from jail.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

In the past,he noted, the national government had tried to divide free states from slave states by a line across a map.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

People from malaria-free countries who visit areas with high rates of malaria are also very much at risk.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

International students often want to spend their free time with friends from their own country or group.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

By returning the aid, Goldman Sachs could free itself from government limits on pay for top employees.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

He says he wants to move resources away from corporations and toward families in the form of child care support and free education.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

We went to war with Spain,they said, to free Cuba from its colonial masters...

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The committee had six members from slave states and six from free states.

VOA: special.2009.04.02