Free Labor / Party Politics (1850s)

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What does “free labor” mean?

What does “free labor” mean?

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Does “free labor” mean unpaid work?

No. Unpaid work is wage theft, coercion, or slavery.

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What happened to the Whig Party in the 1850s?

It lost favor and eventually disappeared.

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What was the Free Soil Party?

A new party that opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.

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How did Southern Whigs react politically?

Many switched to the Democratic Party.

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What was the Republican Party like in the North?

Anti-slavery, but not fully abolitionist.

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What was the American Party / Know Nothing Party?

A short-lived, passionately nativist party in the mid-1850s.

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