Cotton Whigs
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The Cotton Whigs were a faction of the U.S. Whig Party whose political stance was strongly influenced by support for, or accommodation of, Southern slaveholding interests.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotton Whigs canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Whig Party faction
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political faction ⓘ |
| activeIn |
19th century
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Antebellum period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | anti-slavery Whigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emergedDuring | sectional crisis over slavery ⓘ |
| factionOf | U.S. Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre–American Civil War politics ⓘ |
| ideology |
accommodation of slavery
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pro-slavery sympathies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Southern planter interests
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cotton trade ⓘ |
| namedAfter | cotton ⓘ |
| namedFor | economic importance of Southern cotton ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Conscience Whigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
maintain Union through compromise
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preserve national Whig coalition ⓘ |
| politicalStance |
conciliatory toward Southern slaveholders
ⓘ
favored compromise on slavery ⓘ |
| positionOnSectionalism | sought to reduce sectional tensions ⓘ |
| positionOnSlavery |
opposed immediate abolition
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support for Southern slaveholding interests ⓘ |
| region | Northern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportBase |
Northern business interests tied to Southern cotton
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Northern industrialists ⓘ Northern merchants ⓘ |
| supported |
compromise measures on slavery
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policies protecting Southern slaveholding interests ⓘ |
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