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An antislavery coalition forms the Free Soil party and nominates former president Martin Van Buren as its candidate.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
In 1848 he was nominated for governor of New York by the Free Soil party, but was defeated by Hamilton Fish.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
In 1850, being again residing in Boston, he was nominated and ran for the Legislature of Massachusetts, by the Free Soil party of Essex county.
From The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Delany, Martin Robison
It was the basis of the organization known as the Free Soil party of 1848, and of the Republican party in 1856.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
Here the Free Soil party found its strength and New York newspapers expressed the political ideas.
From The Frontier in American History by Turner, Frederick Jackson
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