Free Soil Party (U.S.)

LC control no.	nr 91037275
Corporate name heading	Free Soil Party (U.S.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Free Democratic Party (U.S.) Free Democracy
Found in	Its National Convention (1848 : Buffalo, N.Y.). Official proceedings of the National Free Soil Convention, assembled at Buffalo, N.Y., August 9th and 10th, 1848, 1848. Northwestern free-soil almanac for 1849, 1848. NUC pre-1956 (Free Soil Party; Free-Soil Party) Blue, F.J. The Free Soilers, 1973: p. 70 (Free Soilers; first convention Buffalo, 1848; absorbed by Republican Party in 1854; also called Free Democrats in 1852) Binkley, W.E., American political parties, 1942: p. 185, etc. (Free-Soil Party; made up of "Conscience Whigs", and "soft" Hunkers; allied with Barnburners, and severed with the Democrats; first convention 1848, Buffalo, N.Y.; party platform taken over by the Republicans in 1854) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Free Soil Party (U.S.); usage: Free Soil Party; Free-Soil Party; Free Democratic Party; Free Democracy)