Free Soil Party (dec 26, 1848 – sep 7, 1854)

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They believe the new territories should be free of slavery. Not necessarily all abolitionists. They just think the new states should be free states. They believe in free labor overwhelming in. In 1848, they will officially become a political party.
At one point, Martin Van Buren will be a free soil guy.
Did not want end of slavery but they wanted to keep the West a land of opportunity for whites only so that the white majority would not have to compete with the labor of slaves or free blacks; Free-Soil party in 1848 in North, saying, "free soil, free labor, free men"; advocated free homesteads (public land grants to small farmers) and internal improvements. Emphasis on free labor in the western territories.

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