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'''Free state''' has two common meanings. One is the older less common meaning in the [[Antebellum]] period where a '''free state''' was a state where [[slavery]] was outlawed.  

'''Free state''' has two common meanings. One is the older less common meaning in the [[Antebellum]] period where a '''free state''' was a state where [[slavery]] was outlawed.  

The second is a newer and more common meaning in use since the late 1970's in [[America]] among [[libertarian]]s, [[conservative]]s, conservative [[Christian]]s, [[Patriot]]s, and [[Preppers]]-[[Survivalists]]  In 2001, libertarians founded The [[Free State Project]] (FSP)  to recruit at least 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state.  In 2003, they selected [[New Hampshire]] as the target state.  Once 20,000 libertarians sign a pledge to move to New Hampshire, then a political migration will result in libertarians having greater political power to elect office holders than would be the case if libertarians remain spread across all 50 states.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libertarians Pursue New Political Goal: State of Their Own |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/27/us/libertarians-pursue-new-political-goal-state-of-their-own.html?pagewanted=all |first=Pam |last=Belluck |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |date=October 27, 2003 |accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref>  As of December 2014,  16,332 people have signed the pledge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership Statistics|url=http://freestateproject.org/about/membership-statistics|publisher=Free State Project|accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref>

The second is a newer and more common meaning in use since the late 1970's in [[America]] among [[libertarian]]s, [[conservative]]s, conservative [[Christian]]s, [[Patriot]]s, and [[Prepper]]s-[[Survivalist]]s. In 2001, libertarians founded The [[Free State Project]] (FSP)  to recruit at least 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state.  In 2003, they selected [[New Hampshire]] as the target state.  Once 20,000 libertarians sign a pledge to move to New Hampshire, then a political migration will result in libertarians having greater political power to elect office holders than would be the case if libertarians remain spread across all 50 states.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libertarians Pursue New Political Goal: State of Their Own |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/27/us/libertarians-pursue-new-political-goal-state-of-their-own.html?pagewanted=all |first=Pam |last=Belluck |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |date=October 27, 2003 |accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref>  As of December 2014,  16,332 people have signed the pledge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership Statistics|url=http://freestateproject.org/about/membership-statistics|publisher=Free State Project|accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref>

==Modern "Free States" in the USA==

==Modern "Free States" in the USA==