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Liberty party

American  

noun

U.S. History.
  1. the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.


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But the hours leading up to the vote had revealed deep fissures in Berlusconi’s once dominant People of Liberty party.

From Time Oct. 2, 2013

In that vote, Mr. Letta’s center-left Democratic Party placed first, but without a majority to govern, and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right People of Liberty party placed second.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2013

“It’s definitely a motivation,” said Barbareschi, who entered parliament in 2008 as a member of Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Liberty party and switched to independent status this year.

From BusinessWeek Nov. 18, 2011

Fini, who had disbanded his national alliance party to form the People of Liberty party with Berlusconi before the 2008 elections, broke with the premier in July 2010 and took dozens of supporters with him.

From BusinessWeek Nov. 13, 2011

The old Liberty party was absorbed in the new organization, whose platform was broad enough to satisfy any reasonable abolitionist.

From History of American Abolitionism by Fontaine, F. G. de

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