Conscience Whigs were a faction within the Whig Party in the US that opposed slavery on moral grounds. Cotton Whigs, on the other hand, were Whigs who supported slavery and were more concerned with economic interests related to the cotton industry.
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"Conscience Whigs".
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They were called "Conscience Whigs".
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The whigs from the North were known as Conscience Whigs and
those of the South were known as Cotton Whigs. The ones in the
north opposed slavery except for the factory owners, which liked
slavery die to the cheap cotton. the Southern Whigs supported
slavery and wished to expand it into the territories.