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Also Known As Oranje-Vrystaat

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Major Events

South African War: Boer troops
South African War
Peace of Vereeniging

Related Places

South Africa
South Africa
A map of the continent of Africa, including its countries, boundaries, and capital cities. It also shows parts of Europe and Asia and surrounding bodies of water, including the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
Africa
continent
Free State
Free State
province, South Africa
Golden Gate Highlands National Park
Golden Gate Highlands National Park
park, South Africa
Willem Pretorius Game Reserve
reserve, South Africa

Key People

Milner, detail of an oil painting by Hugh de Twenebrokes Glazebrook, 1901; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner
British diplomat
J.B.M. Hertzog
prime minister of South Africa
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Boer South African leader
Sir Johannes Brand, lithograph by W.H. Schroder
Sir Johannes Henricus Brand
president of Orange Free State
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Boer statesman
Marthinus Theunis Steyn
president of Orange Free State
Beyers
C.F. Beyers
South African politician