The Free Soil Party
The Free Soil Party
the republican party (APEXVS.COM)
the republican party (APEXVS.COM)
the spread of slavery in the west
The spread of slavery
states rights
It was the issue of human slavery.
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
The fear that slavery would spread into new territories
by allowing slavery to spread to areas that had been free for more than 30 years
No it was not an issue their!