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Free-Soil party

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Free-Soil party an American political party organized in 1848 on a platform that opposed the admission of any new slave states into the Union. It was organized primarily by the abolitionist Liberty Party, the Whigs, and the Barnburners, a faction of the New York Democrats. Free-Soil candidates were Martin Van Buren for president and Charles Francis Adams for vice-president. In addition to opposing the extension of slavery, the platform backed a homestead law and a tariff for revenue. The party slogan was “free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.” Though carrying no states, the party did elect two U.S. senators and fourteen representatives. It was absorbed into the newly formed Republican party in 1854.

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