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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
Liberty party, 75 ff; becomes "Free Soil" party, 81.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring
One consisted in having this Free Soil party, to which Tabor belonged and which made him a member of the Legislature of that State in 1857, just after its admission into the Union.
From Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History by Grable, F. C.
The former Democrats and Whigs who were friendly to the Wilmot Proviso formed the Free Soil party in 1848, to which also the Abolitionists naturally attached themselves.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
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
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
Six members of the Free Soil Party rallied opposition with a scorching manifesto, “The Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress to the People of the United States.”
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 Hoar, George Frisbie
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