Free Soil Party

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The Free Soil Party was a short-lived mid-19th-century American political party that opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories and helped lay the groundwork for the later Republican Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States political party ⓘ
defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
category 19th-century political party in the United States ⓘ
color green ⓘ
coreBelief slavery should not expand beyond existing slave states ⓘ
western lands should be reserved for free white labor ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1854 ⓘ
formedFrom Liberty Party members ⓘ
anti-slavery Democrats ⓘ
anti-slavery Whigs ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party
founded 1848 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo
historicalEra Antebellum period ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to realignment of U.S. party system in 1850s ⓘ
helped lay groundwork for Republican Party ⓘ
ideology abolitionism ⓘ
anti-slavery ⓘ
free labor ⓘ
free soil ⓘ
keyPolicy opposition to expansion of slavery into western territories ⓘ
support for Wilmot Proviso ⓘ
support for free homesteads in the West ⓘ
support for internal improvements ⓘ
legislativeImpact elected several members to U.S. Congress ⓘ
mergedInto Republican Party ⓘ
notableConvention Buffalo convention of 1848 ⓘ
notableElection United States presidential election of 1848 ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1852 ⓘ
notableMember Charles Sumner ⓘ
Gerrit Smith ⓘ
Henry Wilson ⓘ
Joshua R. Giddings ⓘ
Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
opposed Compromise of 1850 provisions favoring slave interests ⓘ
expansion of slavery into Mexican Cession territories ⓘ
position center-left ⓘ
precededBy Barnburner Democrats ⓘ
Conscience Whigs ⓘ
Liberty Party ⓘ
presidentialCandidate John P. Hale ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
regionOfSupport New England ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Northern United States ⓘ
slogan Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men ⓘ
succeededBy Republican Party ⓘ
supported admission of free states from western territories ⓘ
vicePresidentialCandidate Charles Francis Adams Sr. ⓘ

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Republican Party → predecessor → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Hannibal Hamlin → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Charles Sumner → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
William Cullen Bryant → politicalAlignment → Free Soil movement ⓘ
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Salmon P. Chase → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Martin Van Buren → party → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Charles F. Adams → party → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Martin Van Buren → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Henry Wilson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Bleeding Kansas crisis → hasParticipant → Free-Soil settlers ⓘ
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Benjamin Wade → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Barnburner Democrats → helpedForm → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Conscience Whigs → supported → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Conscience Whigs → alliedWith → Free Soilers ⓘ
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Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men → associatedWith → Free Soil movement ⓘ
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Gerrit Smith → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Buffalo convention of 1848 → organizer → Free Soil Party ⓘ
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Buffalo convention of 1848 → movement → Free Soil movement ⓘ
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Joshua R. Giddings → political party → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Liberty Party → succeededBy → Free Soil Party ⓘ
John P. Hale → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
John P. Hale → nominatedBy → Free Soil Party ⓘ
John P. Hale → movement → Free Soil movement ⓘ
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Julia Ward Howe → politicalAlignment → Republican Party (historical, anti-slavery wing) ⓘ
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John C. Frémont → politicalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
James H. Lane → politicalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Henry Brewster Stanton → memberOf → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Henry Brewster Stanton → politicalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
George W. Julian → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Martin F. Conway → partyAffiliation → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Francis Gillette → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Francis Gillette → politicalAlignment → Free Soil ⓘ
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George Washington Julian → movement → Free Soil movement ⓘ
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John Van Buren → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
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The Natick Cobbler → previouslyMemberOf → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) → predecessor → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Preston King → memberOfPoliticalParty → Free Soil Party ⓘ
Francis Preston Blair → politicalMovement → Free Soil movement ⓘ
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