Liberty Party

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The Liberty Party was a 19th-century American political party dedicated to the abolition of slavery and the restriction of its expansion in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist political party
political party
activeInCentury 19th century
associatedMovement American abolitionist movement
associatedWithIssue civil rights for free African Americans
slavery in U.S. territories
coreSupportBase anti-slavery Democrats
Conscience Whigs
surface form: anti-slavery Whigs

evangelical abolitionists
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1848
electoralImpact diverted anti-slavery votes from major parties in the 1840s
may have affected the outcome of the 1844 United States presidential election
founded 1840
foundedAtEvent Albany convention of 1840
historicalEra Antebellum period
surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
historicalSignificance first U.S. political party organized around the single issue of abolishing slavery
ideology abolitionism
anti-slavery
free soil
influenced emergence of the Free Soil Party
emergence of the Republican Party
language English
nominatedForPresident James G. Birney
notableLeader Gerrit Smith
James G. Birney
Salmon P. Chase
William Lloyd Garrison
opposedTo expansion of slavery into U.S. territories
slavery in the United States
platformPlank denial of any constitutional right to slavery
immediate abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
opposition to admission of new slave states
repeal of laws discriminating against African Americans
politicalPosition reformist
politicalSystem two-party system in the United States
precededBy American Anti-Slavery Society
surface form: American Anti-Slavery Society (political wing)
presidentialCandidateInElection James G. Birney in the 1840 United States presidential election
James G. Birney in the 1844 United States presidential election
purpose abolition of slavery in the United States
restriction of the expansion of slavery in the United States
reasonForDecline absorption into the Free Soil Party
strategic shift of abolitionists toward broader anti-slavery coalitions
region Northern United States
stateLevelStrength Massachusetts
New York
Ohio
succeededBy Free Soil Party
Republican Party

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Free Soil Party precededBy Liberty Party
Frederick Douglass associatedWith Liberty Party
this entity surface form: Liberty Party (United States)
Conscience Whigs alliedWith Liberty Party
this entity surface form: Liberty Party (United States)
Gerrit Smith memberOfPoliticalParty Liberty Party
Buffalo convention of 1848 participant Liberty Party
this entity surface form: Liberty Party members
Buffalo convention of 1848 precededBy Liberty Party
this entity surface form: Liberty Party national conventions
Henry Brewster Stanton memberOf Liberty Party
Henry Brewster Stanton politicalParty Liberty Party
Salmon Portland Chase memberOfPoliticalParty Liberty Party
this entity surface form: Liberty Party (United States)