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The Free Soil Party 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.
Free-Soil Party (1848–54), minor political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories. In 1852 it wielded some influence, including the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Free Soil Party was formally established on August 9, 1848, in Buffalo, New York. It was a political party that was focused on opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States. The leaders were people who left the Whig Party and Democratic Party.
In the summer of 1848, they came together in conventions in Buffalo, New York, and formed the Free Soil Party, nominating Martin Van Buren as their candidate for president. Striking a much more moderate stance than that of the abolitionists, the Free Soilers moved away from arguments about the morality of slavery.
Launched in 1848, the Free Soil Party sought to prohibit slavery in new U.S. territories acquired in the Mexican War. An upstart third party in the 1848 election, the Free Soilers made a promising showing with Martin Van Buren as their presidential candidate.
The Free Soil Party was an American political party that only survived through two presidential elections, in 1848 and 1852. Essentially a single issue reform party dedicated to stopping the spread of enslavement to new states and territories in the West, it attracted a very dedicated following.
The Free-Soilers were a political party in the United States from 1848 to 1854. They opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil constituted a morally and economically superior system.
The Free Soil Movement (1848–54) was a minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories.
Free Soil Party, founded August 9-10, 1848, in Buffalo, New York. It included members of the “Conscience Whigs” Party, Democrats and members of the Liberty Party. The motto was, “Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Men.”
Free-Soil Party (1848–54), minor political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories. In 1852 it wielded some influence, including the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives.