to prevent the expansion of slavery
The Free Soil Party was created in 1848 by anti-slavery activists who sought to prevent the expansion of slavery into the western territories. They believed that allowing slavery to spread would harm free labor and economic opportunities for white Americans. The party's main platform centered around the idea of "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men."
Free soil refers to the political position that opposed the expansion of slavery into the Western territories of the United States in the mid-19th century. Free Soil supporters were not necessarily against slavery where it already existed, but they believed that new territories should be free of slavery to ensure economic opportunities for white laborers. The Free Soil Party was active in the 1848 presidential election and eventually merged into the Republican Party.
The Liberty Party was a political party formed in the United States in 1840 to advocate for the abolition of slavery, while the Free Soil Movement emerged in the 1840s with a focus on preventing the spread of slavery into new territories. The Liberty Party had a more radical anti-slavery stance, while the Free Soil Movement sought to protect the economic interests of white workers by opposing the expansion of slavery.
Although short lived "1848-1852", this third party sent two Senators and fourteen Representatives to the thirty-first Congress. *The main party leaders were Salmon P. Chase of Ohio and John P. Hale of New Hampshire. For the election of 1848 the Free-Soil party nominated former Democratic president *Martin Van Buren, who continued to be politically active and he ran a strong campaign by winning 11 of the 15 northern states. However Buren could not beat Taylor's strength in the South and Buren lost that election. Many anti-slavery Whigs did not join the Free Soil Party mainly of disapproval of the nomination of Martin Van Buren and because of this he won no electoral votes.
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Free-Soil Party
Free Soil Party was created in 1848.
1848
The Free-Soil party was created in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories.
The Free-Soil party was created in 1848 to keep slavery out of the western territories.
The Free-Soil Party
Formed in 1847 - 1848, dedicated to opposing slavery in newly acquired territories such as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory.
In August 1848 at Buffalo, NY
Free soil Party
He ran as the candidate of the Free Soil Party in 1848.
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