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In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party's nominee for the Illinois senate seat occupied by nationally known Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln's position on slavery was that it was wrong. Knowing that slavery was strongly supported in the southern states where it existed, Lincoln was among the many people in the US, who believed that slavery should not be extended to the US Western territories.
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
The Republican Party. (Lincoln became its first president, winning the election of 1860.)
No, Abraham Lincoln's family was antislavery. His father and mother greatly opposed the spread of slavery throughout the U.S. This led to Lincoln's opinion of slavery in his political career.
the republican party
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
he wanted to prevent the spread of slavery
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Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation to free the slaves
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The political party that stood against the spread of slavery was the newly formed Republican party. The party was emerged to combat the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which aimed to extend slavery.
Andrew Johnson ran for vice president in 1858 and won and was against slavery........ he was also a slave owner from the south in favor of getting rid of slavery, and he got rid of his slaves to run for vice president