Republicans
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Whigs
The Republican party.
Republican
Republicans
Opposed Southern Slaveholders
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The party formed by people who opposed slavery and supported the election of Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party. The party was founded in the 1850s as a response to the expansion of slavery into new territories. Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, was elected as the 16th President of the United States in 1860, leading to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the Civil War.
The Whig Party
The south did not support the newly formed Republican Party because ,the party wanted to end slavery. The south used a great deal of slave labor to cultivate crops like cotton.
it opposed slavery.
The Republican Party was formed by politicians who opposed slavery and didn't see any opportunities to do anything about it with the Whigs or Democrats, so they formed their own party, the republican party.
The Whig Party
The Republicans.
Opposed Southern Slaveholders
it opposed slavery