The Liberty Party called for an end to slavery. The Liberty Party became the Republican Party.
Tactics included confrontation, legal battles, writing and speaking about slavery and the need to end it, publishing the Signal of Liberty, and passing P.A. 162, the Personal Freedom's Act, in 1855.
The Democratic party split over the slavery issue and nominated two candidates in separate conventions. The Republicans were a new party made up of northern Whigs and others. They were against expansion of slavery and opposed Buchanan. The long existing Whig party died. A new Constitutional Union party was formed of old Whigs who did not want to join the Republicans.The candidates:John Bell, from a new Southern party stood for no expansion of slavery, but allowing it where it existed.John C. Breckinridge, Southern Democrat, stood for protection of slavery in new territories.Stephen A. Douglas, Northern Democrat, stood for popular sovereignty and supported President Buchanan's programs.Abraham Lincoln , Republican (Northern) was against slavery but hoped to gradually end the practice. Said nothing about slavery during the campaign,
An agreement to end slavery immediately -Apex
an agreement to end slavery immediately.
The Liberty Party called for an end to slavery. The Liberty Party became the Republican Party.
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they wanted to end slavery
The Republican Party.
to end slavery
Yes. They wanted to abolish slavery.
republic
No. North wanted to end slavery and south wanted slavery
to abolish slavery? or an abolitionist
The new party was the Republican party. It attacted most of the anti-slavery wing of the Whig Party, which eventually came to an end.
split of northern democrats, whigs, know nothing party, free soil party, liberty party. all formed to make republican party
The new party was the Republican party. It attacted most of the anti-slavery wing of the Whig Party, which eventually came to an end.