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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > political theory and democratic elections > Free Soil Party

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Free Soil Party  

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  • THEFREESOIL Party was a political party that opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories. The party was originally a splinter of the Democratic Party, but many of its members would eventually drift into the newly-formed Republican Party in 1854. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Free Soil Party]

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