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
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
Adams, Charles Francis, joins "Free Soil" party, 81; nominated for Vice-President, 82; proposes compromise on slavery, 229; candidate for Presidential nomination, 328.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam
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 Henry W. Bellows
In 1848 it became merged in the Free Soil party and ultimately in the Republican party.
From A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia by Benjamin Griffith Brawley
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
At the same time, emphasizing Pierce’s status as a doughface threatened to push anti-slavery Democrats into the splinter Free Soil Party, fracturing the party in the North.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2012
But the Free Soil Party derived its chief strength, both of numbers and influence, from the Whigs.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
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