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The Republican Party as a whole, were against slavery. President Lincoln was a Republican. The Republican party was is the party of the republic, (a republic is the form of government the founders and framers designed), which is the United States. The party was created to give American's that believed in the Constitution a party to stand with. The Constitution is against slavery and so is the republic. The republican party was the first to have an African American and former Slave, Fredrick Douglass, as a vice presidential candidate.
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What was the political party originating in the 1850s that opposed slavery?
The Republican party.
What led to the formation of the Republican Party in the 1850s?
The Republicans formed from parts of the old Whig party, which had fragmented over the issue of slavery, and the Free Soil movement. Republicans were generally expansionists who feared the extension of slavery into new states.
Was Republican Party pro slavery or anti slavery?
The Republican Party was and still is anti slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the president that ended slavery, was a Republican. The Democrat Party supported slavery. Many that fought, fought to defend their state regardless of their views on slavery.
Which political party opposed the spread of slavery?
Liberty party Republican
What major political party was born out of the slavery issue?
The Republican party. Before the republican party existed the Whig party, which shortly withered away when slavery was first introduced, it could not stand against the Democratic Party. Thus giving birth to the Republican Party.
