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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

The revelations also helped cement a rift with Gianfranco Fini, co-founder of the People of Liberty party.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 13, 2011

He afterward belonged to the anti-slavery Liberty party, a faction of the Abolitionists which had separated from the Garrison band.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane

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