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The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.

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Orange Free State

1854–1902 Boer republic in Southern Africa

The Orange Free State was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in…
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