Buffalo convention of 1848

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The Buffalo convention of 1848 was the founding national convention of the Free Soil Party, where anti-slavery Democrats, Whigs, and Liberty Party members united to oppose the expansion of slavery into western territories.

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instanceOf United States political event ⓘ
founding convention ⓘ
political convention ⓘ
aimedAt challenging the two-party system on the slavery issue ⓘ
preventing slavery in the Mexican Cession territories ⓘ
city Buffalo ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource 19th-century American political histories ⓘ
endTime 1848-08-10 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Free Soil Party conventions ⓘ
genre political convention ⓘ
hasCause opposition to the expansion of slavery into western territories ⓘ
hasEffect formation of the Free Soil Party ⓘ
hasMotto Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men ⓘ
hasRole founding national convention of the Free Soil Party ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum period ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo
mainSubject opposition to the expansion of slavery ⓘ
slavery in United States territories ⓘ
movement Free Soil movement ⓘ
linked to: Free Soil Party

anti-slavery movement in the United States ⓘ
nominated Charles Francis Adams Sr. ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
opposed Compromise-oriented major party platforms on slavery ⓘ
extension of slavery into the western territories ⓘ
organizer Free Soil Party ⓘ
participant Free Soil Party organizers ⓘ
Liberty Party members ⓘ
linked to: Liberty Party

anti-slavery Democrats ⓘ
anti-slavery Whigs ⓘ
linked to: Conscience Whigs
partOf United States presidential election of 1848 ⓘ
pointInTime 1848 ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-slavery ⓘ
free soil ⓘ
precededBy Liberty Party national conventions ⓘ
linked to: Liberty Party
product Free Soil Party platform of 1848 ⓘ
linked to: Free Soil Party

nomination of Charles Francis Adams for vice president ⓘ
nomination of Martin Van Buren for president ⓘ
significantEvent creation of a national anti-slavery coalition ⓘ
significantFigure Charles Sumner ⓘ
Gerrit Smith ⓘ
Joshua R. Giddings ⓘ
Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
startTime 1848-08-09 ⓘ
state New York ⓘ

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Free Soil Party → notableConvention → Buffalo convention of 1848 ⓘ