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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
"Free Soil" party, previously "Liberty" party, gains from Whigs and Democrats, 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.
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 Channing, Edward
In 1850, being again residing in Boston, he was nominated and ran for the Legislature of Massachusetts, by the Free Soil party of Essex county.
From The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Delany, Martin Robison
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
Caleb Thayer, the father of the Judge, was an early anti- slavery man, and one of the founders of the Free Soil Party.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie
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