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The Free Soil Party, also called the Free Democratic Party or the Free Democracy, [3] was a political party in the United States from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was focused on opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States .
County results for the 1848 presidential election. Counties reporting pluralities for the Free Soil Party (Van Buren) are in green. In no county was the National Liberty Party (Smith) the largest party. Despite the optimism of the Free Soilers, Van Buren carried no electoral votes, finishing a distant third behind Cass and Taylor.
The Free Soil Party first raised this warning in 1848, arguing that the annexation of Texas as a slave state was a terrible mistake. The Free Soilers' rhetoric was taken up by the Republican party as it emerged in 1854.
1848 cartoon satirizing the Barnburners / Free Soil Party, referencing the Wilmot Proviso. The Barnburners were the radical faction. The term barnburner was derived from a folktale about a Dutch farmer who burned down his own barn in order to get rid of a rat infestation. [1]
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Free Soil Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts (2 P) Pages in category "Massachusetts Free Soilers" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
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