Free Soil Party

small farmers, who worked smaller tracts of land, sat in popular assemblies and found their way into political office. Their outspoken independence was a constant warning to the more powerful of planters not to encroach too far upon the rights of free men. No pertinent differences arose between this era and the aftermath of the Revolutionary War. It was at this time however that the greatest dissention began to arise between the two regions and differences other than slavery and economy arose.

PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY OF TRADE I. With Reference to Article I 1. It is understood that the trade between the two Contracting Parties shall be conducted through the mutually agreed routes as are mentioned in the Annexure A. Such mutually agreed routes would be subject to joint review as and when required. 2. It is further understood that the exports to and imports from each other of goods which are not subject to prohibitions or duties on exportation or importation shall continue

However, it was during this election that the Free Soil Party emerged; this party consisted mostly of northerners and was the first political party to take a stand against slavery. It was important because it affected the presidential elections up to Lincoln and they would later make up part of the Republican Party. But the issue of slavery also split political parties as well. The Whig party was first divided by the issue, and the Democratic Party soon followed after the Kansas-Nebraska Act. With

Looking back to the beginning of our country’s political parties, I found that the first party convention took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854. This was the party of Thomas Jefferson and it later became the Democratic Party. But it was a protest in Ripon, Wisconsin that resulted in The Republican Party. There was a meeting held on February 28,1854 with the Free Soilers, a group of anti-slavery activists who met to start a new grassroots movement. This movement was embraced at various

state should be a free slave. In the 1820s, they passed a low that request 36’30 parallel are decided to be a free state. Abolition slavery becomes a question In the American society. The black African American population also increased over time and this lead the US government to really consider abolishing of slavery. Which cause the black community to be upset and divide the people in two-way pro-slavery and anti- slavery. The 13th amendment, the propaganda of the Republican Party proved the United

a treaty to peace because it ended the American Mexican War.  The war was caused by Mexico refusing to say that Texas was independent and it was now part of the United States.             2.     Free Soil Party- This Party did not last long in the United States. The Main purpose of The Free Soil party was to stop the expansion of slavery into the Western territories.  Not only did they oppose on slavery but they would also try to get rid of laws that caused inequality between the white and black

election of 1848 revealed and emerging sectional divide between the north and the south over the issue of slavery. The was the 16th presidential election held on November 7, 1848. Zachary Taylor, who was a member of the Whig party won over Martin Van Buren of the free soil party. Slavery was defined as a legal or economic system in which principles of property law were applied to humans allowing them to be classified as property, to be owned, bought and sold accordingly, and they could not withdraw

Frederick Douglass was many things; a man, an orator, a writer, an avid abolitionist, a presidential advisor and a slave. Douglass lived the majority of his life as a free man after escaping his bondage at age 20. However, everything he did and accomplished over the course of his life was influenced and affected by his past as a slave. Just as slavery shaped Douglass’s existence, the politics of the 19th century would not escape the pressure of the debate over slavery. From the American Revolution

Talking about southern expansionism would not be complete without the mention of the interstate slave trade. This is most applicable when we talk about one aspect of the slave trade that often gets overlooked, the Atlantic Slave Trade. When mentioning the Atlantic Slave Trade, it is the fact that southerners considered reopening the trade after its dissolution in the beginning of the nineteenth century. Interestingly enough, there were movements by southerners to reopen the Atlantic Slave Trade that

believing that there is only one true god and only one true form. 3. Transcendentalism: Focus on nature and spiritual parts of religion. 4. Free Soil Party: Political party that was against slavery 5. Republican Party: Founded by Thomas Jefferson, party that opposed slavery. 6. Know Nothing Party: Anti-Catholic and supportive towards native American political party. 7. Grimke Sisters: Well-known abolitionist and some of the first people to petition for women’s rights. 8. Fugitive Slave Law: Allowed people