USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Free Soil Party’s slogan was “free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.” The Free Soilers opposed slavery’s expansion into any new territories or states. They generally believed that the government could not end slavery where it already existed but that it could restrict slavery in new areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -In contrast to abolitionists, who opposed slavery on moral grounds, most Free-Soilers opposed slavery because they felt that white laborers should not have to compete with-nor be “degraded” by-the presence of black slaves in the new territories.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thus its slogan: “Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, Free Men.” To be a Free Soiler was not necessarily to be an abolitionist; the party platform didn’t call for an end to slavery, merely opposed its extension into new American land. The Free Soilers’ sense of urgency was warranted.