After some struggles in the Mediterranean the Genoese freed themselves from French rule by 1409.

The performance of Brazil and Argentina, now freed from military rule, may provide some answers, at least for the richer newly industrializing states.

At the same time, Blake recognizes that though America has freed itself from British rule, it continues to practice slavery.

San Miguel is considered to be the first municipality to be freed from Spanish rule.

The town was freed from Turkish rule on 23 October 1686, and regained the free royal town status in 1715.

It still amazed her that Bajor had been freed from Cardassian rule only a couple of years after her assimilation.

Over the next two decades, most of the mainland was freed from Muslim rule.

I would remind the House that the same is in fact true in those countries that have freed themselves from Russian rule.

Their victory over China made Korea officially independent, and freed it from Chinese rule.

Tibet, freed from Chinese rule, hosts the world's most populated city.