|
|
Definition of Free soil party
1. Noun. A former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Free Soil Party
Literary usage of Free soil party
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Liberty and Free Soil Parties in the Northwest: Toppan Prize Essay of 1896 by Theodore Clarke Smith (1897)
"COLLAPSE OF THE free soil party IN MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, AND IOWA. 1849-1850.
IN the three northernmost States of the Old Northwest, coalition assumed more ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"... and even ventured their own independent nominations for the Presidency, assuming
the rôle of a national organisation, a distinct Free-Soil party. ..."
3. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1875)
"APPEAL FOR THE FREE-SOIL PARTY. ADDRESS'OF THE STATE COMMITTEE TO THE PEOPLE OF
... The large vote of the Free-Soil Party of Massachusetts gave ..."
4. Political History of Secession to the Beginning of the American Civil War by Daniel Wait ( Howe (1914)
"... designed to fuse all the opponents of slavery extension into one party, under
the name of the Free-soil party. The convention nominated Martin Van Buren ..."
5. Political Parties in Michigan, 1837-1860: An Historical Study of Political by Floyd Benjamin Streeter (1918)
"... the Whigs and the members of the Liberty party had moderated and in fact had
practically disappeared singe the organization of the Free Soil party; ..."
6. Memoir and Letters of Charles Sumner by Edward Lillie Pierce, Charles Sumner (1893)
"THE free soil party.— 1848-1849. ' I "HE invasion of Mexico proceeded with
uninterrupted suc- _L cess, and in less than two years from its beginning ended ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"free soil party. The Free Soil party, which existed from 1848 to 1854, was the
second political organization formed in the hope of inducing the northern ..."
Other Resources:
