On this day, Republican Party founded to oppose expansion of slavery
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On this day in history, March 20, 1854, Republican Party founded to oppose expansion of slavery
Anti-slavery activists motivated as pending Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned Missouri Compromise
By Kerry J. Byrne | Fox News
The Republican Party, forged from of a coalition of political forces to oppose the advance of slavery in the American west, was created in Ripon, Wisconsin, on this day in history, March 20, 1854.
“The Republican Party grew out of resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to spread into Western territory by popular sovereignty,” writes PBS American Experience in its history of political parties in the United States.
“‘Anti-Nebraska’ men included anti-slavery Whigs, Democrats, Free Soilers, reformers, and abolitionists.”...
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