Free Soil party

American  

noun

1. a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.

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Free Soil Party British  

noun

1. a former US political party opposing slavery from 1848 until 1854 when it merged with the Republican party

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Example Sentences

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

One of the indications of this state of feeling was the organization of the "Free Soil" party.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume I by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)

But it effected little more than to change the name of the Free Soil party.

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie

That the leader of the Free Spoil party should so suddenly have become the leader of the Free Soil party would be a joke to shake his sides and mine.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

And now, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise shattered all parties into fragments, he came forward to build up the Free Soil party and threw into the conflict all his strength and vigor.

From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)