Cemeteries in Free Soil, Michigan

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In reality, the town of Free Soil's name comes from pretty noble origins. The town was named in 1882 (and officially incorporated in 1912) after the Free Soil political party. The Free Soil party was an anti-slavery off shoot of the Whig Party, and was eventually merged with the Republican Party.

The Free Soil Party was a short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was largely focused on the single issue of opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States.

The Free Soil Party was not anti-enslavement, but was against the expansion of enslavement into western territories. Members of the Free Soil Party generally believed that the government could not end slavery where it already existed, but that it could restrict slavery in new areas.

The policy of allowing popular sovereignty over slavery in the territory increased rather than decreased sectional tensions. How did the American Party differ from the Free-Soil Party? The American Party was proslavery, not antislavery. The American Party focused on immigration rather than slavery.

The acquisition of lands from Mexico in 1848 reawakened debates regarding slavery. The suggestion that slavery be barred from the Mexican Cession caused rancorous debate between North and South and split the Democratic Party when many northern members left to create the Free-Soil Party.

What was significant about the Free Soil Party and the fact that slavery was a political issue for the first time? The party's main goal was to keep slavery out of the western territories. For the first time, slavery was an important election issue. There was a political divide in the US.