Free Soil Party

Noun

Meaning

a former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848

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After the National Republicans collapsed, the Whig Party and the Free Soil Party quickly formed and collapsed. Source: Internet

Anti-slavery Democrats and Whigs, disappointed with their respective nominees, would form a new movement in conjunction with members of the Liberty Party such as John Hale and Salmon Chase to form the Free Soil Party that summer. Source: Internet

Liberty Party nomination The Liberty Party had ceased to become a significant political force after most of its members joined the Free Soil Party in 1848. Source: Internet

In 1848 he would be the nominated for president by the Free Soil Party (an anti-slavery political party). Source: Internet

Similarly, the Free Soil Party rapidly fell away into obscurity after the election, and the remaining members mostly opted to join the former Northern Whigs in forming the Republican Party. Source: Internet

When the House convened in December, the party division caused by the Free Soil Party precluded the formation of the majority needed to elect a Speaker. Source: Internet

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