Free-Soil Party: Facts & Related Content


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Date 1848 - 1854
Areas Of Involvement slavery
Related People Martin Van BurenFrancis Preston Blair, Jr.Salmon P. ChaseGeorge W. JulianEbenezer R. HoarHenry WilsonJohn Parker HaleJohn Albion Andrew

Did You Know?

  • The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment to a spending bill in Congress.
  • Members of the Free Soil party later helped found the Republican Party.
  • Free Soils nominee Martin Van Buren ran with the son of John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams.

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