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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Free Soil Party canonical | 32 |
| Free Soil movement | 6 |
| Free Soil | 1 |
| Free Soil Party platform of 1848 | 1 |
| Free Soilers | 1 |
| Free-Soil settlers | 1 |
| Republican Party (historical, anti-slavery wing) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| 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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1854 ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
Liberty Party members
ⓘ
anti-slavery Democrats ⓘ Whig Party ⓘ
surface form:
anti-slavery Whigs
|
| founded | 1848 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Buffalo
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo, New York
|
| 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 |
1848 United States presidential election
ⓘ
surface form:
United States presidential election of 1848
1852 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form:
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. ⓘ |
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Free Soil movement
subject surface form:
Martin Van Buren
subject surface form:
Charles F. Adams
this entity surface form:
Free-Soil settlers
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Free Soilers
this entity surface form:
Free Soil movement
this entity surface form:
Free Soil Party platform of 1848
this entity surface form:
Free Soil movement
this entity surface form:
Free Soil movement
subject surface form:
Julia Ward Howe
this entity surface form:
Republican Party (historical, anti-slavery wing)
subject surface form:
Martin F. Conway
this entity surface form:
Free Soil
this entity surface form:
Free Soil movement
this entity surface form:
Free Soil movement