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
linked to: Free Soil Party
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
linked to: Free Soil Party
Benjamin Wade memberOfPoliticalParty Free Soil Party
Barnburner Democrats helpedForm Free Soil Party
Conscience Whigs supported Free Soil Party
Conscience Whigs alliedWith Free Soilers
linked to: Free Soil Party
Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men associatedWith Free Soil movement
linked to: Free Soil Party
Gerrit Smith memberOfPoliticalParty Free Soil Party
Buffalo convention of 1848 organizer Free Soil Party
Buffalo convention of 1848 product Free Soil Party platform of 1848
linked to: Free Soil Party
Buffalo convention of 1848 movement Free Soil movement
linked to: Free Soil Party
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
linked to: Free Soil Party
Julia Ward Howe politicalAlignment Republican Party (historical, anti-slavery wing)
subject linked to: Julia Ward
linked to: Free Soil Party
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
linked to: Free Soil Party
George Washington Julian movement Free Soil movement
linked to: Free Soil Party
John Van Buren memberOfPoliticalParty Free Soil Party
John Van Buren politicalMovement Free Soil movement
linked to: Free Soil Party
The Natick Cobbler previouslyMemberOf Free Soil Party