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Barnburners

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Barnburners radical element of the Democratic party in New York state from 1842 to 1848, opposed to the conservative Hunkers . The name derives from the fabled Dutchman who burned his barn to rid it of rats; by implication, the Barnburners would destroy corporations and public works to do away with the abuses they foster. Among their leaders were C. C. Cambreleng, Silas Wright , Azariah C. Flagg , and Samuel J. Tilden . Opposed to the extension of slavery, the Barnburners seceded from the Democratic state organization when the Hunkers captured the state convention at Syracuse in ... Read more

Hunkers and Barnburners
...agitation. The radical and reformist Barnburners (so called by their opponents as those...Democratic national convention, the Barnburners joined the Free Soil Party , nominating...Buren for president. In the 1850s some Barnburners returned to the Democratic Party while... Read more

Hunkers
...them stood the radical Democrats, or Barnburners . The Hunkers favored internal improvements...Gov. Silas Wright, a Barnburner. The Barnburners retorted in kind by voting for and supporting...Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor. Those Barnburners who did not persist in their antislavery... Read more

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