Free Soil party
noun
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
Mr. Mann, Mr. Giddings, and other leaders of the Free Soil party, are ready to go to the death against the Fugitive Slave Law.
From The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 9, An Appeal To The Legislators Of Massachusetts by Lydia Maria Francis Child
The Free Soil party opposes slavery so far as it is possible to do, and yet comply with the Constitution of the United States.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker
In politics Mr. Ewing was originally a Democrat, but in 1850 became a member of the Free Soil party, and an elector on the Free Soil ticket in 1856.
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
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
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
I suppose I may say without arrogance that I was the leader of the Free Soil Party in each House when I was a member of it.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
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