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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
He led off in his district in what was soon known as the Free Soil party, the root of the present triumphant Republican party.
From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.
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
I speak without disrespect of the Free Soil party.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel
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
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