Free Soil party
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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 Partynouna former US political party opposing slavery from 1848 until 1854 when it merged with the Republican party
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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
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 Daniel Webster
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 Francis F. (Francis Fisher) Browne
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
He was nominated by Democrats who did not believe in "squatter sovereignty," and by a new party which called itself the Free Soil party.
From A Short History of the United States by Edward Channing
Eight years later, Van Buren attempted a comeback with the Free Soil Party but failed to garner any electoral votes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
By 1848, Van Buren joined with a group of disaffected Democrats and anti-slavery activists to become the nominee of the Free Soil Party, which opposed the extension of legal slavery to U.S. territories.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2020
In the North, three dissenting factions joined in the small but significant Free Soil Party.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Rancorous debate over how or whether to restrict the westward spread of the peculiar institution had created bitter divisions within the two major political parties and spawned a third, the Free Soil Party.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2012
I shall speak in a later chapter of the foundation of the Free Soil Party.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
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