Free-Soiler

American  

[free-soi-ler] / ˈfriˈsɔɪ lər /

noun

1. a member of the Free Soil party or a supporter of its principles.

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Etymology

Origin of Free-Soiler

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; Free Soil (party) ( def. ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Twelve years before, as a radical Democrat and Free-Soiler, he had been chosen governor of his State.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

In consequence of these radical differences, two separate elections for Delegate in Congress were held by the opposing factions, at one of which was elected the Pro-Slavery Whitfield, and at the other the Free-Soiler Reeder.

From The Great Conspiracy, Volume 1 by Logan, John Alexander

In its ranks were all shades of anti-slavery opinion,—the patient Abolitionist, the Free-Soiler of the Buffalo platform, the Democrats who had supported the Wilmot Proviso, the Whigs who had followed Seward.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

I stand here in the midst of the assembled Legislature of Missouri to avow myself a Free-Soiler.

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan

I was an ardent Free-Soiler in days when to be an abolitionist was somewhat akin to being a republican in Britain.

From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Van Dyke, John Charles