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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 Child, Lydia Maria Francis
It was the basis of the organization known as the Free Soil party of 1848, and of the Republican party in 1856.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
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.
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 Bellows, Henry W.
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