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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Andrew, the Governor, Sumner and Wilson, the Senators, most of the members of Congress, most of the leaders in the Legislature and in the military and political activities, were of the old Free Soil Party.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
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