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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

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

“This is the first bill of its kind and if passed, will be an historic step for Italy,” said Lella Golfo, 69, the lawmaker in the premier’s People of Liberty party who crafted the proposal.

From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 8, 2011

The elective body, the Legislature of Ohio, was filled in almost equal numbers with Whigs and Democrats, but a handful of Liberty party men held the control to prevent or determine a majority.

From Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase Delivered by William M. Evarts before the Alumni of Dartmouth College, at Hanover by William Maxwell Evarts

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